The YSRCP government in Andhra Pradesh headed by Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy suffered a jolt yet again in the AP High Court on Monday (today).

This time it was on regulating fees in private schools and junior colleges in Andhra Pradesh. The YSRCP government has issued GO 53 and GO 54 on August 24 this year fixing fees for students in private schools and junior colleges.

The High Court on Monday struck down both the GOs issued by the state government.

The managements of private schools and junior colleges challenged these GOs in the High Court arguing that the fees fixed by the state government were ‘irrational’ and the managements cannot run institutions with the lower fees prescribed by the state government.

They brought to the notice of the High Court that the state government unilaterally fixed fee structure in schools and colleges without taking into consideration the costs incurred by the managements to provide infrastructure facilities and the expenditure incurred on salaries and other expenses.

They contended that parents sent their children to private schools only after they feel satisfied with fees collected from them.