HC grants interim injunction on collecting question paper fees from govt school students
He said that their association welcomes the government’s decision to abolish the question-paper fee collected from students studying in government schools from the academic year 2026-2027. You Can Also Check: Gold Rate in Madurai | Silver Rate in Madurai | Bank Holidays in Madurai | Public Holidays in Madurai | Madurai AQI | Weather in Madurai | Petrol Price in Madurai | Diesel Price in Madurai | CNG Price in Madurai | LPG Price in Madurai Stay updated with the latest Madurai news.
The petitioner said that government schools play a vital role in providing accessible and affordable education to children belonging to economically weaker and disadvantaged sections of society. He said that the principal concern of their association is not merely the discontinuance of the question-paper fee prospectively, but also the need to ascertain whether the amounts collected from students in previous academic years were authorised, properly accounted for and utilised for the purposes for which they were collected. He said that authorities responsible for the administration and supervision of government schools are duty-bound to ensure uniform implementation of the government’s decision to abolish the question-paper fee. Such an inquiry would promote transparency, protect the interests of parents and students and prevent similar irregularities in the future, he said.
A division bench of Justice G R Swaminathan and Justice P Murugan passed the interim order while hearing a public interest litigation filed by A Malaikozhunthan, state president of the Tamil Nadu High-Higher Secondary School Graduate Teachers’ Association based at Karur district. They are also required to issue clear instructions to all concerned schools that no such fee shall be collected hereafter and that no student shall be subjected to pressure, discrimination or any adverse treatment on account of non-payment of an unauthorised fee. A proper inquiry into previous collections is necessary to ascertain the academic years during which the fee was collected, the number of students from whom it was collected if warranted, the amounts received, the authority under which the collections were made and the manner in which the money was accounted for and utilised. Hence, the petitioner moved court seeking a direction to the chief educational officers to ensure that no unauthorised question-paper fee is collected from students studying in government schools throughout Tamil Nadu . Download the TOI App.
Madurai : Madras high court on Friday granted an interim injunction restraining the authorities from collecting question paper fees from students studying in government high and higher secondary schools across the state.