However, after the parents challenged the move, Delhi High Court appointed a committee headed by former judge Anil Dev Singh to examine the validity of the hike. In 2011, the committee recommended the recovery of about Rs 750 crore. The panel had said that the schools had collected the excess fees without actually paying enhanced salaries to the teachers and non-teaching staff. Since 2012, the high court had passed several orders to the Delhi government and the schools to comply with the committee's recommendations. "The said parents collectively have been deprived of an estimated amount to the tune of Rs 750 crore," the petition filed on behalf of the parents' association said," the lawyer said.

Source: The Telegraph May 30, 2018 21:00 UTC