Chennai, Jan. 6: The Madras high court on Wednesday ordered notice to the state government on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging certain provisions of the Tamil Nadu Schools (Regulation of Collection of Fee) Act and Rule, stipulating norms for determining the fee for private schools.
A division bench comprising Chief Justice H.L. Gokhale and Justice K.K. Sasidharan posted after 8 weeks further hearing of the PIL filed by P.N. Prince Gajendra Babu, general secretary, State platform for common school system.
Accepting the arguments of Additional Advocate General P.Wilson, the bench, however, declined to stay the functioning of the Justice K.Govindarajan Committee, constituted under Section 5 of the Tamil Nadu Schools (Regulation of collection of Fee) Act, to fix the fee for private schools.
In his PIL, the petitioner sought to quash section 5 and 6 of the Act and Rule 3 of the Tamil Nadu Schools (Regulation of Collection of Fee) Rules, 2009.
Deccan Chronicle 7th January 2010
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