In view of the claim that The Doon School is running without a No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the Uttarakhand Government for years, the State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (SCPCR) chairperson, Usha Negi has directed the chief education officer of Dehradun to form a joint investigation team for the inspection of the school.
This matter came to light last year when a local resident filed an RTI regarding the school and found out that the school does not have an NOC from the administration, as per the official sources. In a meeting with the SCPCR last year, director of the school, Anupama Joshi who had arrived along with a lawyer had stated that the school administration had written a letter to the secretary of Secondary Education,
Uttarakhand regarding the process of getting NOC but according to the chief education officer, Asha Rani Painuly, the education department had not received any such letter and no other instructions had been given by state administration to the department.
Taking cognisance of the issue, Negi has instructed Painuly to form an investigation team by including one member in the team nominated by the district probation officer, Child Welfare Committee (CWC), SCPCR and district programme officer. According to her, the team will investigate the issues of NOC and affiliation of the school besides other matters in the management of the boarding school.
Negi said that an NOC is a prerequisite for any school in the State and every school must abide by the law, especially a prestigious school like The Doon School.
She has instructed Painuly to finalise a date for the inspection by coordinating with the officials of the departments concerned and asked her to inform the commission about the same within seven days.