Following a direction of the Sundargarh Collector, the District Education Officer conducted an inquiry in an English medium school and submitted his report on Saturday.
The school allegedly forcibly gave transfer certificates to as many as 50 students for not depositing the increased fees.
On a petition of parents of the students, the Odisha State Human Rights Commission (OSHRC) had directed the Sundargarh Collector to conduct the probe.
On behalf of the students of the Pragati English Medium School, Fertiliser Township, Odisha Abhibhabak Mahasngha organising secretary Anil Kumar Sinha had filed a case in the State Human Rights Commission alleging that the school authorities had forcefully given transfer certificates to the students merely on ground of nonpayment of the increased fees.
The school management had illegally increased the fees to as high as 13.5%. The parents of the students did not pay the fees as a protest.
The OSHRC had directed the Collector Sundargarh. DEO Ranjan Kumar Giri conducted an inquiry over the matter and submitted his report.