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SANDEEP MOUDGIL
Bal Bharti Public School – Appellant
Versus
State of Punjab – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Sandeep Moudgil, J.
By way of this common order, a bunch of aforesaid 48 writ petitions are being decided together involving identical question of law and similar set of facts.
2. While invoking the jurisdiction of this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, quashing of orders, passed by the Fee Committee constituted by the High Court for the Private Unaided Schools of Punjab, to examine the complaints by certain parents/representatives and even by individuals made to the Chairman, Central Board of Secondary Education (hereinafter referred to as 'CBSE' in short), alleging exorbitant increase in fee under various heads such as annual charges, tuition fee apart from funds on account of stationery, identity cards, call charges, medical charges, computer charges, miscellaneous charges etc has been sought along with the order dated 30.12.2016 (Annexure P-2) vide which the Fee Committee for the private unaided schools of Punjab has dismissed the review petitions preferred by the Educational Institutions-petitioners.
3. To avoid brevity of facts and the circumstances, which are absolutely similar and identical on legal aspects in all the writ petitions, facts are bei
The Fee Committee exceeded its jurisdiction by adjudicating complaints post-enactment of the Punjab Regulation of Fee of Unaided Educational Institutions Act, 2016, leading to the quashing of its ord....
(1) Director, Secondary Education has no authority to issue direction in respect of fee structure in respect of private unaided schools.(2) It is for school Management to reschedule payment of school....
Private unaided schools hold the autonomy to set fee structures; regulatory actions must stem from clear evidence of profiteering, not general circumstances like a pandemic.
Unaided recognized schools - Prohibition for not collecting part of annual charges not justified – School dependent only on fees collected to cover their salary, establishment and all other expenditu....
The determination of fees for private medical colleges must be conducted by the Fee Regulatory Committee as per the Act of 2006, and the State Government cannot unilaterally extend previous fee struc....
The Fee Fixation and Regulation Committee's jurisdiction is limited to fee regulation and does not extend to mandating the establishment of a trust for private schools.
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