The Delhi High Court examined whether the Directorate of Education can regulate fee hikes in unaided private schools.

The Bench reaffirmed that government intervention is justified only to curb profiteering, capitation, and commercialization — not to impose blanket fee control.

Key Takeaways:

✅ DoE can intervene only to prevent profiteering or misuse of surplus.

✅ Fee regulation cannot extend to unaided schools’ internal management.

✅ Schools must maintain transparency under DSEA, 1973 and DSER, 1973.

Statutes:

✅ Delhi School Education Act, 1973 (Sections 17, 18, 24, 173–184)

✅ Delhi School Education Rules, 1973 (Rules 172–179)

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