The petition alleged that a notification of Directorate of Education (DoE) has fixed 3 years as the lower age for admission in nursery and "categorically" bars unaided private schools from fixing any "upper age cap" for this purpose.
In its admission brochure, Sachdeva Public School at Rohini, however, has said that children, who have turned three but have not crossed the four-year age limit, would be entitled for admission in nursery, said the plea filed through advocate Ashok Agarwal.
"Issue any appropriate writ, order or direction declaring the clause 5 of admission criteria for pre-school issued by the respondent school for the session 2013-14 about fixation of upper age limit for admission, arbitrary and illegal and struck down the same," it said.
The petition has been filed by Pankaj Kumar, a driver, alleging that the school has refused to accept the application form for his son's admission on the ground that the child would be cross the four-year age limit on March 31, the cut-off date for receipt of forms.
"The Recognised Schools (Admission Procedure for pre-primary class) order 2007 which is still in operation categorically explains that the ages stipulated for entry into standard I, pre-primary classes and pre-school classes are the minimum age and there is no bar to children older then the ages specified in this clause being given admission to these classes," it said.
