New Delhi:The Delhi High Court held that colleges would not be able to withhold a student's Transfer Certificate (TC) if charges were not paid.
On Thursday, a bench led by Justice D.N. Patel issued the order acknowledging a letter narrating the plight of Kartik and Priyansh, who were unable to seek admission to another college because their present college in the domestic capital refused to issue them.
Converting the letter into a PIL, the tribunal ordered the private school to issue certificates of transfer within one week to parents of Kartik (Class III) nine year old and Priyansh (pre-primary)5 yer old.
Lawyer Ashok Agarwal, who was designated as amicus curiae to help the tribunal, stated that under Rule 167 of the 1973 Delhi School Education Act, a school could strike off a student's name.
Following the conclusion of the arguments, the tribunal ruled that a private school had no power under the Delhi School Education Act to withhold the issuance of a Transfer Certificate to a student for non-payment of exceptional fees.
