Delhi HC upholds maximum age limit for nursery admissions set by AAP Govt

The Delhi High Court this week upheld the upper age limit prescribed by the Delhi government for nursery admissions, while disposing off two writ petitions..The petitions challenged the notification dated December 18, 2015, whereby the Directorate of Education of the government of NCT Delhi prescribed an upper age limit for admission to entry level classes i.e. pre-school, pre-primary and class 1..The Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar reiterated its observations made on April 26, wherein it was stated that there is prima facie substance in the contention of the government that it is inadvisable to accommodate over-aged children in junior classes. Such an action, the government had argued, works to the disadvantage of and shall cause prejudice to the very child who is admitted in a class for which he or she is over-aged..It was also observed by the Bench that the impugned notification dated December 18 was premised on a report of an expert body..Before concluding, the Court gave liberty to the petitioners to file an application in case there is any difficulty in the working of the impugned notification or the order of the Court..Earlier this year, a Division Bench of the High Court dismissed the government’s appeal against the single judge order quashing the notification compelling 298 private schools, built on public land, to admit students on the basis of the “neighbourhood criteria”..Read Judgment:.Click here to download the Bar & Bench Android App