Reconsider ban on school fee hike: HC to UP Govt

The state government imposed a ban on the fee hike in 2020 during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has asked the Uttar Pradesh government to reconsider the ban on fee hike in private schools. The state government imposed a ban on the fee hike in 2020 during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Allahabad HC bench comprising Justices A R Masoodi and N K Jauhri passed the order on a writ petition filed by the Association of Private Schools. The court observed that it is the bounden duty of the state government to take into consideration any direction issued by the court.

Directing the Uttar Pradesh government to reconsider its decision the court observed that the policy of the state government evolved under extraordinary circumstances and affecting the cause of education at a large scale must be revisited with a sense of responsibility in order to strike a balance between the public interest and statutory rights of a party aggrieved.

The court has asked the UP Govt to apprise it about the decision on the next date of hearing, the Court court has fixed April 11 as the next date of hearing.

Private schools of the state approached High Court challenging the state government's decision of January 7, 2022, whereby it put a ban on private schools to increase fee due to Covid conditions.

The petitioners submitted that the January order was passed looking into the closure of normal business of establishments and institutions but now the government itself on February 11, 2022 issued another order opening all establishments and institutions, and there is no logic to continue the ban.

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