Sept.24, 05 : Minutes of the meeting for the grant of freeship
Minutes of the meeting held under the Chairpersonship of the Honble Chief Minister, Delhi on the issue of grant of freeship to the children of economically weaker sections of the society on 24.9.05 at 4.00 PM
This meeting was convened in pursuance to the directions of the Honble High Court dated 13.9.05 whereby it had directed the Chief Secretary, Govt. of NCT of Delhi to convene a meeting of concerned government functionaries including Secretary (Education), Vice-Chairman of DDA, L & DO, Commissioner, MCD and the Law Secretary, which shall be presided over by the Honble Chief Minister, Delhi. It was further directed that on behalf of the Action Committee of Unaided Recognised Private Schools, Mr. Khanna would make arrangement for the presence of the representative of the schools in the meeting. Mr. Salman Khurshid, Mr. Ashok Agarwal and Mr. Puneet Mittal were also allowed to participate in this meeting. Mr. Salman Khurshid was however not present.
Honble Chief Minister and all other present were briefed on the developments so far leading to this meeting. Various issues connected with the matter were also discussed.
The following decisions were taken in the meeting;
(a) It was decided that DPS and the Action Committee on behalf of all the unaided recognised private schools, through their counsels, shall submit a detailed proposal in writing to the government within two weeks, after which all aspects shall be examined. Sh. Rakesh Khanna, Advocate, on behalf of Action Committee undertook to submit this proposal within two weeks.
(b) In the meantime, it was also decided that the freeship stipulations shall be honoured in the admissions for the year 2005-06 which is currently on till such time a final decision is taken.