SC to hear TN's appeal against order to reimburse schools under RTE Act

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear the Tamil Nadu government's petition challenging a Madras High Court order for reimbursing private unaided schools under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act.

- SUCHITRA KALYAN MOHANTY

The two-judge bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta sought responses from the Centre and the petitioner before the high court and posted the matter after four weeks.

Arguing that the central and state governments shared concurrent responsibilities for funding education, TN's counsel P Wilson said, "The Madras High Court erred in ruling that only the state is primarily responsible for these expenditures."