IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
L.P.A. NO. 196 OF 2004
Rakesh Goel & Ors.
..Petitioner
Through : Mr. Ashok Agarwal, Advocate
Versus
Montfort School & Ors. ..Respondents
Through : Mr. Rakesh Khanna for R-2
Mr. Kuljeet Rawat
Mr. K.C. Mittal with
Mr. Puneet Mittal for DPS Society
Mr. V.K. Tandan for Dir. Of Education
Mr. Rajneesh Kumar for Counsel For intervenor
CORAM
HONBLE THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE
HONBLE MR. JUSTICE MADAN B. LOKUR
ORDER
O9.09.2005
By court order dated 6th May 2004 several questions of public importance touching the admission of children of 3+ age in nursery and children of 4+ age in KG schools and 5+ age in class I were raised. The Director of Education was also directed to issue a public notice/advertisement in newspapers to invite suggestions and recommendations from private unaided schools on the issue. The Attorney General of India was also asked to assist the Court in the matter. Pursuant to this Court order, replies/affidavits have been filed by the private schools, the Association of Paediatricians, one public study group (as association of Educationist) including some individual schools. No replies/suggestions have come from the Director of Education or UOI.
Whatever material has been placed on record in the form of suggestions and recommendations before this Court will have to be examined by an expert body only to find out if any worthwhile suggestions/proposals could be adopted for resolving the issue of admission of children in private schools.
To start with Secretary Ministry of Human Resource Development (Department of Education) is put on notice to give inputs of the Union of India in the issue. The Director of Education, NCT of Delhi, is also directed to look into the matter.
Meanwhile, both the parties before the court as also the Director of Education are required to suggest names of five experts in the field of child education with a view to constitute a committee of these experts which could go into the materials that is now received by the Court or any other material that may be placed before it.
List for further orders on 8th November, 2005.
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Acting Chief Justice
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September 9, 2005 Madan B. Lokur, J