The Delhi High Court has held that constituting committees at the zonal or central level to decide on matters like fee hikes and payment of teachers’ salaries amounts to transferring judicial functions to such committees, which is impermissible in law.

A Division Bench of Justices Subramonium Prasad and Vimal Kumar Yadav, in a judgment dated October 10, set aside a single judge’s order that had directed the constitution of committees to deal with issues of teachers’ pay and schools’ fee structures. The court remanded the case back to the roster bench for fresh consideration.

The bench made it clear that while courts can set up committees, their role must be confined to fact-finding . They cannot be given the power to adjudicate disputes or decide legal entitlements.

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