Madras HC caps school fees at 85% of last year’s charges

Madras HC caps school fees at 85% of last year’s charges

Sureshkumar.k@timesgroup.com

Chennai:31.07.2021  

Providing relief to private unaided schools in Tamil Nadu, including CBSE institutions, Madras high court permitted them to collect 85% of the annual fee fixed for the academic year 2019-20 as fee for the current academic year.

This applies only to students of parents who are employees of government, public sector undertakings, professionals and business people who have not suffered any income loss due to the pandemic, Justice D Krishnakumar said.

“Those parents who have suffered loss of income during this pandemic shall make an application to the school management, who shall consider their request and collect 75% of the fees,” the court said.

The court made it clear that such fees must be collected in six instalments on or before February 1 next year.

If any parent seeks further concession for payment of annual fees, they shall make a representation to the school management, who shall consider such representation on a case-to-case basis sympathetically, the judge added.