16-05-2025
HC raps govt over delay in revision committee in school fees matters
Jaipur: The
expressed displeasure over the govt's failure to constitute the
under the
, 2016, despite a lapse of nine years since the enactment. A single judge bench of Justice Anoop Dhand took strong note of the delay, questioning the govt's inaction in the petition filed by Bhartiya Vidya Bhawan Vidyashram School.
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The Rajasthan Schools Regulation of Fee Act, 2016, was enacted to regulate
and ensure transparency. "Section 10 of the Act provides for the constitution of a Revision Committee, which serves as an appellate body to hear challenges against orders passed by the Divisional Fee Regulatory Committee. However, it has not yet been constituted by the state govt," said Prateek Kasliwal, counsel for the petitioner.
"The delayed constitution of the Revision Committee has likely caused inconvenience to schools and parents, who are left without a functional appellate body to address their grievances.
The court's intervention may prompt the govt to take immediate action to establish the committee and ensure that the provisions of the Act are implemented effectively," said Kasliwal.
"Despite the Act coming into force in 2016, the Revision Committee of the state has not been constituted to date. What's more striking is that the govt of Rajasthan assured the court in May 2024 that the committee would be functional from June 15, 2024.
However, the committee remains non-existent so far," said Justice Dhand.
The court has now asked the principal secretary, education, to appear in court on May 19, either in person or via video conferencing, and he should file an affidavit explaining the reasons behind the delay in constituting the Revision Committee.
