The Allahabad High Court has summoned information from the Uttar Pradesh government on a PIL filed by some parents of children studying in private schools of Gautam Budh Nagar (Noida) regarding the non-submission of fees by students, who have not paid for their online education and that their name is being removed from the school register. The petition has been fixed for hearing on January 21.
The order was given by a division bench of Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice Saurabh Shyam Shamsheri on a PIL filed by Praveen Antal and 22 others.
The petitioners said that due to the Covid-19 lockdown, the State government has announced a policy on July 4, 2020 that if students do not submit fees, their online classes will not be closed and names will not be removed from the register. Despite this, some private schools are not following this policy. Therefore, instructions should be issued.
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The Court has sought information from the Standing Counsel to avail necessary instructions with regard to compliance of the State policy from the District Magistrate, Gautam Budh Nagar.