PRAYAGRAJ: The Allahabad high court on Monday sought information from the UP government counsel regarding a PIL alleging that certain private unaided schools of Gautam Budh Nagar are acting contrary to the policy declared by the state government on July 4, 2020.
The policy provides that even if anyone fails to make the payment of fees, the student should not be stopped from online learning and on this basis, the name of such student cannot be removed from the school register.
Hearing a PIL filed by one Praveen Antal and 22 others, a division bench comprising Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice Saurabh Shyam Shamshery directed the state counsel to avail necessary instructions (information) from district magistrate, Gautam Budh Nagar with regard to the compliance of the state policy in question.
The court has fixed January 21 as the next date of hearing of the matter.
According to the petitioners, during the period of lockdown, declared due to Covid-19 pandemic, the state government had on July 4 declared a policy that provided that even if anyone fails to make the payment of fee, the student should not be stopped from online learning, and on this basis the name of such student cannot be removed from the school register.
The petitioner alleged that some private unaided schools of Gautam Budh Nagar are acting contrary to the said policy. The petitioners have given certain references in this connection in the petition and requested the court to pass necessary directives in this regard.