FEE COLLECTION: HC DEFERS PVT SCHOOLS’ PLEA TILL SEPT

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab and Haryana high court on Monday deferred hearing on the pleas from private schools in Haryana till September.

The schools have challenged the government’s move of not allowing them to collect enhanced fee and other funds from students for academic session 2020-21 in view of Covid-19 outbreak.

The plea has been filed by Sarv Vidyalya Sangh, and other school organisations.

The government has told them to only collect monthly tuition fee and not demand other charges such as building fund, maintenance fund and admission fee.

However, schools are demanding that they be allowed to collect 70% fee as allowed by the high court in Punjab.

A large number of applications have been filed by parents’ associations too.

A counsel, Pardeep Rapria, said the court has deferred hearing till September 7 observing that there was no urgency in the matter and issues raised by parents too needed to be controverted by the schools and the government.