Delhi High Court Modifies EWS School Admission Revenue Threshold to ₹2.5 Lakhs
Last Updated on March 5, 2024 by News Desk
A division bench of the Delhi High Court has modified an earlier order by a single judge that increased the threshold income for school admissions under the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) category from ₹1 lakh to ₹5 lakhs per annum. The new threshold income is ₹2.5 lakhs.
The division bench also stayed the directions issued by the single judge, which called for the eradication of the mechanism of accepting self-declarations of income. The Delhi government filed an appeal against the judgement, arguing that EWS admissions for the current session have already begun and that it is extremely difficult to implement the single judge’s order now.
Delhi government Standing Counsel Santosh Kumar Tripathi added that the direction that poor people must show some document as income proof would hinder the education of their children, as people of the lower strata of society are unlikely to have any income proof.
Further, He stated that the quantum of the income should be a policy decision for the government cabinet to take a call on. As per the EWS entitlement in Delhi, the threshold income shall be around ₹2.5 lakhs.
