HYDERABAD: The state government on Tuesday informed the high court that it is going to take appropriate action on schools which fleeced students and their parents with high fees during the pandemic contrary to the GO 46 issued for regulating school fees.
State’s special counsel A Sanjeev Kumar informed a bench of Chief Justice Hima Kohli and Justice B Vijaysen Reddy hearing petitions filed by Hyderabad Parents’ Association and others charging the state with inaction even in the midst of exploitation during the pandemic that destroyed lives and livelihoods.
We identified the errant schools, issued them showcause notices, and even received replies from them,” Sanjeev Kumar said. “Give us four weeks’ time to act because we have to study their replies and come to a conclusion,” he said. Though the petitioners raised issues related to online classes, the bench refused to go into all those things because the schools were getting reopened soon and closed the hearing in these pleas.
