SHREE KRISHNA EDUCATION SOCIETY Vs. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Introduction:

(2.) Aggrieved, the School-besides a few other similarly placed schools- challenges the government refusal. So the issues we should resolve are these:

(3.) The Petitioner is a registered Educational Institution, running a Government recognized Secondary School-Vidyaniketan Vidyalaya. The first respondent is the Secretary, School Education Department, and the 2 nd respondent the Director of Education. With validly secured permissions, the petitioner started an "unaided" Secondary School, from the Academic Year (AY) 2000-2001. Over time, the petitioner school has established up to Std. X. Of the unaided private schools, some are 'plainly' unaided and some 'permanently' unaided. The petitioner's school belongs to the former category.