New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday
restrained a private unaided school from striking off the
names of some students from the rolls on the ground that they
failed to pay the quarterly tuition fees since January 2010.
The court also directed the Summer Field School to
immediately issue the admit cards of some students who study
in classes X and XI to appear the CBSE examination this year.
"....The school is restrained from striking off the
names of the wards of the petitioners from rolls and is
further directed to issue admit cards to all classes-X and XI
students for CBSE examinations," said Justice S N Aggarwal.
The court also issued notice to the Directorate of
Education, Delhi government, following a bunch of petitions
filed by some parents alleging the Education Department has
failed to act on the complaints filed by them against the
school management for its "discriminatory" attitude.
Appearing for the parents, counsel Ashok Aggarwal
alleged the school is forcing the parents to deposit the
tuition fee cheques quarterly but they are ready to pay it on
monthly basis.
He said "the practice adopted by the school...is
arbitrary, discriminatory, unjust, malafide and violative
of Article 14(right to equality) and shows the
commercialisation of education".
PTI
