DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL DWARKA vs NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR PROTECTION OF CHILD RIGHTS AND ORS

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$~86 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 05.06.2025 + W.P.(C) 10434/2024 DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL DWARKA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Pinaki Mishra, Sr. Adv., Mr. Puneet Mittal, Sr. Adv., Ms. Sakshi Mendiratta, Mr. Bhuwan Gugnani and Ms. Nupur, Advs. versus NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR PROTECTION OF CHILD RIGHTS AND ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Abhaid Parikh, Mr. Rishabh Dubey and Ms. Garima Sardana, Advs. for NCPCR. Mr. Manoj K. Sharma, Mr. Manish Gupta, Mr. Vivek Chandrasekhar, Ms. Akanchha Jhunjhunwala, Ms. Deepti Verma and Mr. Sandeep Gupta, Advs. for parents. Mr. Sameer Vashisht, SC and Ms. Avni Singh, Adv. for DOE. Mr. Satya Ranjan Swain, SPC, Mr. Kautilya Birat, GP and SI Ram Singh for R-3. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SACHIN DATTA SACHIN DATTA, J. (ORAL) CM APPL.29976/2025 (filed on behalf of parents/applicants for directions) 1. The present application has been filed by the applicants (i.e., parents of students of the petitioner school) alleging non-compliance with the directions contained in the order dated 16.04.2025 passed by this Court in Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed W.P.(C) 10434/2024 Page 1 of 9 By:CHINU LUTHRA Signing Date:05.06.2025 12:36:07 the present proceedings. 2. Essentially, the grievance canvassed by the applicants is that in contravention of the said order dated 16.04.2025, the petitioner school has taken coercive and arbitrary action against the students in guise of arrears of fees. 3. It is stated that the petitioner vide an email dated 09.05.2025, informed the applicants that the names of their children have been removed from its rolls with immediate effect on account of ‘non-payment of school fee under Rule 35 of the Delhi School Education Act and Rules, 1973’. The said email/communication reads as under: “Dea