Delhi HC quashes DoE orders rejecting fee hikes by private schools
The Delhi High Court has overturned the Directorate of Education's (DoE) orders that rejected fee hikes proposed by private schools. The court ruled that these schools do not need prior approval from the DoE to increase fees at the start of an academic session. It also stated that pending fee-hike proposals would be closed and that any fee increases would only apply from the next academic session beginning April 2027.
- ▪The Delhi High Court quashed DoE orders rejecting fee hikes by private schools.
- ▪Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani stated that schools do not need prior approval from the DoE for fee increases at the start of an academic session.
- ▪The court directed that fee increases would apply only from the next academic session, starting April 2027.
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The Delhi High Court on Friday (May 22, 2026) quashed a series of orders passed by the Directorate of Education (DoE) rejecting fee-hike proposals of private unaided schools, holding that such schools do not require prior approval from the DoE to increase fees at the commencement of an academic session.In a 120-page judgment, Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani held that the DoE had acted on a “misconceived exercise” by insisting that schools seek prior approval even before the start of an academic session.
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