New Delhi, Feb. 21 -- The The Delhi high court on Friday extended until February 23 its earlier interim order directing the Delhi government's Directorate of Education (DoE) not to insist on schools constituting fee regulation committees for fixing fees for the three academic years commencing 2026-27, even as it questioned the schools on what impediment prevented them from setting up the committees.

The DoE on February 1 issued a notification, titled the Delhi School Education (Removal of Difficulties) Order, mandating all schools to constitute school-level fee regulation committees (SLFRCs) by February 10 for fixing fees for three academic years commencing 2026-27.

The notification was challenged by the Forum of Minority Schools and th...