BW: New Delhi: Saturday, 25
July 2020.
The
Delhi High Court on Friday issued a notice to the Delhi government on a
petition seeking directions to the Director of Education to upload orders
passed by them while examining the fee increase proposal by recognised unaided
schools.
A
division bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan asked the
Delhi government and others to file a reply and listed the matter for further
hearing on August 7.
The
court was hearing a petition, filed by Justice For All secretary Advocate
Shikha Sharma Bagga through advocate Khagesh B Jha, seeking directions to the
Director of Education to upload orders passed by them while examining the fee
increase proposal.
"An
appropriate writ order or direction to respondent Director of Education to
direct them to upload orders passed by them while examining the fee increase
proposal filed by the recognised unaided schools for mandatory prior sanction
as directed by the Supreme Court in para 27 of the Modern School vs Union of
India along with the file noting and documents which are base for passing the
orders," the plea read.
The
petitioner also sought directions to the Director of Education to upload the
inspection report and orders passed to correct the statement of fee submitted
by recognised unaided schools of Delhi.
Advocate
Jha said that the respondent is duty-bound to upload all orders passed by him
at the official website of director of education being a public authority under
the RTI Act, 2005.
The
petitioner told the court that the top court has laid dawn law under Article 142
of Constitution of India and directed the Director of Education to ensure the
compliance of terms of allotment letters which includes private schools
situated at the land allotted by Delhi Development Authority (DDA) shall not
increase the rate of tuition fee without prior sanction of Director of
Education, GNCT of Delhi.
According
to the petition, the Director of Education issued notification restraining
private schools from any fee hike in the session 2020-21 and directed to
collect only tuition fees as per the last approved fee structure in the school.
"There
is no information in the public domain to show what is last approval fee of any
specific school and what was tuition fee bifurcation that year and as a result
schools are exploiting parents. The parents have no source to verify what the
school is demanding what is directed in the government notification," the
plea said. (ANI)
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