Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has approved a proposal of the Directorate of Education (DoE) to take over the management of a top private school New Delhi over the alleged unjustified fee hike, Deputy CM Manish Sisodia said on July 28.

According to DoE officials, the department had conducted an inspection of the financial statement of the school for fiscal years 2012-2013 to 2018-2019. "After a detailed inspection of the records, the department found that the total funds for the year 2018-2019 amounted to Rs 49.72 crore, of which the expenditure was estimated to be Rs 18.87 crore, implying that there was a net surplus of Rs 30.85 crore," a senior DoE official said, adding that the department then "concluded that the school had no actual need to increase the fees."

In the same regard, the directorate refused to accept the proposed fee structure of the school for academic sessions 2018-2019 and 2019-2020. The directorate then issued notices to the school, asking its why the recognition should not be cancelled or why the government should not take over the management.

According to the official statement,  the directorate issued several notices to the school, asking them to stop charging the increased fee and submit a reply which the school did not. The school had approached the High Court against the directorate's order. However, the High Court endorsed the DoE's order asking the school to roll back the increased fees.

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