The government on Thursday challenged before a Division Bench of the Delhi High Court the interim stay granted by a single judge on its January 7 notification. The appeal will come up before a Bench of Chief Justice G. Rohini and Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal on Friday.
The notification had made it mandatory for 298 private unaided schools on DDA land to admit 75% students from the neighbourhood. In its appeal, the government said the single judge’s order was “totally wrong, erroneous and against the law” and that “leaving it to schools to frame their own guidelines will only promote arbitrariness of private managements and lead to admissions in an opaque manner. This will help the school management justify the exorbitant fee they charge”.
Violating rights
On Tuesday, Justice Manmohan had granted interim stay on the notification, holding it violative of the fundamental rights of the parents and children to choose a school.
