The Delhi High Court on Monday extended till February 20 the February 10 deadline set by the Delhi government for private schools to constitute school-level fee regulation committees (SLFRC).
Under provisions of the Delhi School Education (Transparency in Fixation and Regulation of Fees) Act, 2025 — a law passed by the Assembly in August last year after citywide protests against unregulated fee hikes — every private school in the city is required to form an SLFRC comprising representatives of the school management, the principal, three teachers, five parents, and one government nominee.
The law requires that any fee increase be approved through a two-tier regulatory framework comprising school-level panels and district-level appellate authorities.
A Bench of Chief Justice D.K. Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia issued a notice to the government on pleas by private schools challenging the February 1 notification directing the setting up of committees within 10 days.
The court said that “no prejudice is going to be caused to either side or to the timeline (to fix fees for the academic sessions starting from 2026-2027)”.
