COULD UT ADMN HAVE INTERVENED?

The education department could have intervened as a regulatory body. Advocate Pankaj Chandgothia, who has filed a public interest litigation in the high court, says the education department failed to act on multiple complaints by parents in March and April. Also, before allowing collection of fee on March 18, the department should have examined the balance sheets of all the schools, which it was mandated to do as a regulatory body. Balance sheets uploaded by some schools show surplus funds.