Government notification on admission criteria for nursery admissions challenged in court

Updated on: Friday, January 25, 2013

Indicating trouble for the city's private unaided schools, Delhi high court on Wednesday said unless the government's 2010 notification is in sync with the Right to Education Act, it might be quashed.

The notification has been relied upon by the schools to fix their admission criteria for nursery admissions and these have been challenged by an NGO in court.

A division bench comprising Chief Justice D Murugesan and Justice V K Jain heard the petitioner NGO Social Jurist, the state government, the Centre and the association of schools at length on Wednesday while making it clear it won't hesitate to quash the notification if found arbitrary.

HC fixed Thursday for further hearing into the case when it might give a verdict on the validity of the notification, which has been challenged before the court on the ground that it permits schools to promote inequality and discriminate in admissions despite clear cut mandate of the RTE Act.

Appearing for the NGO advocate Ashok Aggarwal told HC that the RTE Act envisages just the "neighborhood criteria and draw of lots" as permissible ways to pick and choose candidates for admission, but the schools have come up with their own criteria leading to discrimination.

Government notification on admission criteria for nursery admissions challenged in court

More Education news