HC gives govt 3 weeks to notify rules under RTE

The Delhi high court directed the state government on Wednesday to notify rules to provide free and compulsory education to children under the Right to Education Act (RTE) within three weeks.

A bench, comprising acting chief justice A K Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw, asked the government to notify the rules under Section 38 of RTE Act. The direction came on the PIL filed by social jurist, through advocate Ashok Agarwal, complaining that despite the RTE Act, 2009 coming into force, the state government has failed to make rules by notification. This has delayed the implementation of the important provisions of the Act.

"The failure to do so on the part of the Government defeats the very object and purpose of the enactment of RTE Act," the lawyer contended. The counsel for the government informed the bench that the final rules have been approved by the cabinet and have been sent to the L-G for his assent.