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The High Court of Punjab and Haryana on Tuesday decided that all schools, irrespective of whether they offered online classes during lock-down period or not, are entitled to take or collect the tuition fees.
The single bench of Justice Nirmaljit Kaurissued gave the following directions :
-The management of each schools shall worked out with actual expenditure until period of school remained closed and recovered only such genuine claim expenditure that actually incurred by school authorities for exp: like transport charges , building charges etc , But shall not recovered any charge for period of any activity or facility towards which no expenditure was incurred. However, the annual charges for remaining period shall only be recovered as fixed by school authorities.
In case, Any parent who is not able to pay school fee in any above terms may file their application along with necessary proof including their financial status, which shall be looked into by school- authority and, after looking into entire record provided with sympathetically, after then give concession or exempt of entire fee, as whatever the case or situation may be mentioned.
The Court dealing with bunch of petitions filed by an independent associations of unaided private schools and some parents of school students, challenges the notification issued on may 14 by the Director, of School Education, imposed restraint on charging of school fees.
Accepting the petition' consideration regarding consideration of claims and arguments, the Court said ,following restrictions considered void due to:
"If in case of schools requires an basic tuition fees in comply the same regarding regular continue maintenance and fulfilment of various requirements regarding the financial status and infrastructure made and it all will leads to schools forced to close down due to lack of financial status and it all causes will be no longer in interest of State, nor even under located for any child welfare education now . Even though, the Court still have no doubt that schools shall make any endeavour regarding making up of losses in studies as sufferer by students during lockdown.
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