The Supreme Court on Friday backed the new policy on contentious nursery admission row that restrained private schools in the Capital from charging more from students under the management quota seats.
The schools had approached the apex court against an interim order of the Delhi High Court refusing to stay the policy, even as the matter was fixed for hearing on March 13. The apex court which deferred the hearing on the schools' plea till Friday, said, "What is the fundamental right you (schools) are talking about."
Referring to the l-G's decision approving the new nursery admission policy that required even the 20 per cent management quota seats to be filled up in the normal course without charging a penny extra, the bench headed by Justice Hl Dattu said, "His Excellency (l-G) feels for 20 seats also you should charge no extra fees. You have to admit whoever comes."
He refused to interfere with l-G's December 18, 2013 order, by saying, "lG is not only an academician but also an educationist. He knows what he was doing while signing it," the bench said. The court was also of the view that the schools were unnecessarily delaying the matter by wasting so much time to appeal against the interim order passed by HC.
Two associations of private schools - Action Committee of Unaided Recognized Private Schools and Forum for Promotion of Quality Education for All had challenged the order of the Delhi High Court that held that any interference with the admission process will prove "detrimental" to the interests of children.