India, May 27 -- Delhi Public School (DPS), Dwarka, has approached the Delhi high court challenging the Directorate of Education's (DOE) order directing it to reinstate more than 30 students who were expelled for non-payment of hiked fees.

Although the matter was listed before a bench of justice Vikas Mahajan on Monday, it was adjourned for Wednesday.

On May 9, the school struck off the names of 32 students from rolls and restrained them from entering the premises by deploying bouncers at the gates on May 13. Parents staged a protest, refusing to pay the hiked fees, citing a lack of approval from the Directorate of Education (DoE) and subsequently, on May 15, the DoE directed the school to reinstate the students, terming their dismissal...