MP: HC asks govt to decide on fee-regulating commission

Madhya Pradesh High Court today directed the state government to take a decision on formation of a commission to regulate fees of the private schools by January 16.

The division bench of Chief Justice Ajay Manikrao Khanwilkar and Justice Sanjay Yadav issued the directive while hearing a PIL filed by Nagrik Upbhokta Margdarshak Manch, an NGO, which alleges that private schools are charging exorbitant fees.

NUMM president Dr P G Najpande says in the petition that there is no forum in the state where parents can lodge a complaint regarding the exorbitant fees of private schools.

During the hearing of his earlier petition on the issue, the state had told the court it was thinking of forming a commission headed by a retired High Court judge to regulate fees of private schools, but no such commission has been formed,the PIL says.