The Andhra Pradesh High Court once again gave a big jolt to the state government, headed by Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy. The YSRCP government has been receiving many shocks from the court since its inception.
This time, the HC has quashed previous orders issued by the government on the finalization of fees in schools and colleges. It is learned that the state government has issued GO No.53 and No. 54 in the past by finalizing fees for private schools and junior colleges in the state. East Godavari district private school owners have approached the high court challenging the GOs issued by the state. The court, which heard the case on Monday, directed the government to take proposals from the management and give a new notification.
The Andhra Pradesh School Education Regulatory and Monitoring Commission has notified three different categories of fee structure for students from nursery to 10th Standard and Intermediate enrolled in private unaided institutions in gram panchayats, municipalities, and municipal corporations for the academic years 2021-22, 2022-23, and 2023-24.
However, Dasari Durga Srinivasa Rao, president of the East Godavari Private Schools Association, has challenged these on behalf of a few other educational institutions. The High Court heard that the state government had unilaterally issued the GOs finalizing the fees in private educational institutions, ignoring the field conditions.
