The Delhi High Court on Friday asked the Delhi government’s Directorate of Education (DoE) and the Lieutenant-Governor to respond to a batch of pleas by several minority schools challenging the constitutional validity of a law mandating government approval for fee hikes.
A Bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia asked the authorities to submit their replies within six weeks while posting the matter for further hearing on March 12.
The petitions challenge the Delhi School Education (Transparency in Fixation and Regulation of Fees) Act, 2025, and its subsequent rules.
The new Act mandates that all fee hikes in private schools must be approved through a transparent, three-tier committee system involving parents, school management and government representatives.
‘Violates Article 30 (1)’
