Case Law Details
Master Singham Vs Directorate of Education (Delhi High Court)
Delhi High Court imposed heavy cost for obtaining admission under Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) category by illicit means. Further, directed to convert the admission under the General Category in place of EWS category.
Facts- The petitioner in the instant case is a minor student whose father, on 08.01.2013, got the requisite income certificate issued by the Tehsildar in the office of the Deputy Commissioner (New Delhi District) to secure admission for his son in Sanskriti School, New Delhi. The said certificate assessed the annual income of the petitioner’s father to be Rs. 67, 200/- from all sources.
The petitioner got admitted in respondent no.2-School in 2013, availing the quota for EWS based on the aforementioned income certificate of his father.
After admission, the petitioner continued to study in respondent no.2-School as an EWS category candidate without any difficulty till 2018. However, the controversy began on 03.01.2018, when the father of the petitioner wrote letters to the Principal of respondent no.2-School along with the admission form of the sibling of the petitioner, seeking alteration in the category of petitioner from EWS to General category and change in address of the petitioner’s residence. Since the said letter raised the eyebrows of respondent no.2-School, it was forwarded to respondent no.1-Directorate of Education (hereinafter as ‘DOE’) and accordingly, enquiry from the District Magistrate, Jamnagar House, Delhi (DM, Jamnagar) about the income certificate of the father of the petitioner was directed. The DM, Jamnagar and SDM, M.B. Road, Saket, Delhi, vide letters dated 21.02.2018 and 07.03.2018, respectively, conveyed to respondent no.1-DOE that the said income certificate is found to have been issued by the office.
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