New Delhi, February 9 The Delhi High Court on Monday extended the deadline set by the Delhi government – February 10 – for private schools to form the school-level fee regulation committee (SLFRC) to February 20.
A bench of Chief Justice D K Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia issued notice to the Delhi government in response to pleas filed by several school associations challenging the February 1 notification, which mandated the formation of the committee within 10 days. The bench stated that no prejudice would be caused if the formation of the committee was deferred.
"We find that if the GNCTD does not insist on the formation of the SLFRC, no prejudice will be caused to either party or to the timeline (for fixing fees for the 2026-2027 academic session)," the bench said.
"Accordingly, we direct that until the next date of hearing of the stay application, i.e., February 20, schools that have not yet formed the SLFRC will not be required to do so," it directed.
On February 1, the Delhi government issued a gazette notification to "streamline" the implementation of the Delhi School Education (Transparency in Fixation and Regulation of Fees) Act, following concerns raised by the Supreme Court regarding its new fee fixation law.
The notification directed all schools to form an SLFRC within 10 days of the order's publication.
The gazette notification further stated that school managements must submit details of the proposed fee structure for the next three-year academic block (starting from 2026-27) within 14 days of forming the SLFRC. The committee would then proceed to fix the fees in accordance with the provisions of the Act.