India, April 19 -- The admissions of 15 students in a Kharghar-based school under the Right to Education (RTE) Act were cancelled after the Panvel Municipal Panchayat Samiti found discrepancies in their residential addresses during a physical verification process. The action followed a complaint from a concerned parent in April after the second round of admissions. The complaint alleged that the school admitted students based on fraudulent documents, prompting an investigation by the education department.

The cancelled admissions were under the 25% quota reserved for students belonging to economically weaker sections, as part of the RTE mandate for the academic year 2025-26.

On Thursday, Sitaram Mihite, the Block Education Officer of th...