India, Oct. 19 -- The state government has ordered an FIR to be registered against the education department officers and 12 school managements for forging documents in order to pass off as aided schools. Once this status is obtained, the government pays the salaries of teachers and non-teaching staff of the school beginning with a payment of 20% with a rise of 20% every year.

The scam took place 13 years ago, and led to a loss of Rs.2.5 crore to the state exchequer. A criminal case was registered this week after the Nagpur bench of the Bombay high court passed strictures and asked the principal secretary of the school education department to appear before it last week.

The grant, which started at 20% in 2012, went up to 100% by 2017. In...