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The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court connected Wednesday ordered announcement to the State connected a nationalist involvement litigation petition that sought a absorption to the authorities to behaviour a comprehensive, independent, and time-bound enquiry into the amerciable and unauthorised postulation of excess fees by authorities aided schools.
A Division Bench of Justices N. Sathish Kumar and M. Jothiraman was proceeding the petition filed by Brother M. Michael Thangaraja of Uthamapalayam successful Theni district. The petitioner alleged that the managements of 3 schools successful Theni, Ramanathapuram, Tiruvannamalai districts respectively were collecting excess fees.
He said the State authorities had waived the postulation of peculiar fees from students studying successful authorities and aided schools. However, the schoolhouse managements were collecting the unauthorised amounts from students, helium said.
He said the postulation of unauthorised fees by aided acquisition institutions receiving authorities enactment was contrary to nationalist policy, law morality and acquisition justice. The acquisition authorities were work bound to supervise schools to forestall the exploitation of students. Failure of the authorities to enactment amounts to abdication of statutory and law responsibilities. The Supreme Court has repeatedly held that acquisition is not a commercialized commodity and institutions cannot indulge successful profiteering.
He sought a absorption to the authorities to restrain schools from collecting immoderate magnitude successful excess of the fees prescribed nether the applicable authorities orders and statutory regulations. He besides sought a absorption to the authorities to identify, quantify and retrieve the excess amounts unlawfully collected and guarantee punctual refund of the aforesaid to the affected students and parents and initiate proceedings against persons liable for specified unlawful acts.
Further, helium sought a absorption to the authorities to enactment successful spot a transparent and accountable mechanics for strictly monitoring and regulating interest postulation successful aided acquisition institutions crossed the State. The tribunal posted the substance for proceeding to July 15.
