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B S International School v. Central Board of Secondary Education

Delhi HC2 Jul 2025W.P.(C)/1696/2025

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B S International School v. CBSE, W.P.(C) 1696/2025, Delhi High Court, order dated 02.07.2025 by Justice Vikas Mahajan. Petition against CBSE order no.CBSE/AFF./2730772/2024/01565 dated 30.10.2024 disposed with direction to CBSE to treat writ petition as representation and pass speaking order within 20 days after personal hearing; no new Class XI/XII admissions till disposal; no merits decided; certiorari not granted.

What did the court decide?

Direction to respondent/CBSE to treat the writ petition as a representation and dispose of it by a speaking order within 20 days after affording personal hearing to the petitioner; petitioner/School restrained from taking new admissions to Class-XI and Class-XII till disposal of the representation; CBSE permitted to seek further documents; next date of 11.07.2025 cancelled. ¶21

B S International School Vs Central Board of Secondary Education — Delhi HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

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Issue for consideration

Whether the impugned CBSE order (no.CBSE/AFF./2730772/2024/01565 dated 30.10.2024) should be quashed by writ of certiorari as illegal, arbitrary, unconstitutional and in violation of principles of natural justice. Note: this issue was not adjudicated; the petition was disposed of on the limited relief of treatment as a representation.

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Ratio / Principle

The Court disposed of the petition with a direction to the respondent/CBSE to treat the writ petition as a representation and dispose of it by way of a speaking order within a period of 20 days, after affording personal hearing to the petitioner.

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Key takeaways

The petitioner/School shall not take any new admissions for Class-XI and Class-XII till the disposal of its representation.ratio¶18
Nothing has been expressed on the merits of the case, and the order will not create any special equities in favour of the petitioner.obiter¶19
The respondent/CBSE is at liberty to seek any further documents from the petitioner school, if deemed necessary, for deciding the representation.

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Delhi High Court (Vikas Mahajan, J.), order dated 02.07.2025 in W.P.(C) 1696/2025 - B S International School v. Central Board of Secondary Education. The petitioner school had sought certiorari quashing of CBSE order no.CBSE/AFF./2730772/2024/01565 dated 30.10.2024. At hearing, senior counsel for the petitioner submitted the petition would not be pressed if CBSE treated it as a representation and disposed of it by a speaking order after personal hearing. With consent of counsel, the Court disposed of the petition directing CBSE to treat it as a representation and pass a speaking order within 20 days after affording personal hearing; restrained the School from taking new admissions to Classes XI and XII till disposal; permitted CBSE to seek further documents; clarified that nothing was expressed on the merits and no special equities were created; and cancelled the next date of 11.07.2025.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

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W.P.(C) 1696/2025, CM Nos.8240/2025, 11496/2025 & 37876/2025

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B S INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Kirtiman Singh, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Yasharth Shukla, Mr. Taha Yasin, Mr. Naman Shukla and Mr. Maulick Khurana, Advs.

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versus

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CENTRAL BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION .....Respondent Through: Mr. M.K. Sreegesh, Ms. Tanya Sharma and Ms. Eccha Shukla, Advs.

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CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKAS MAHAJAN O R D E R % 02.07.2025

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The matter in the usual course is listed on 11.07.2025. However, an application being CM No.37876/2025 preferred on behalf of the petitioner is listed today seeking direction to the respondent to the effect that the present writ petition be treated by the respondent as representation.

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With the consent of learned counsel for the parties, the petition is taken up for hearing today.

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The present petition has been filed by petitioner seeking following reliefs:

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“A. Pass a writ of Certiorari or any other appropriate writ and/or directions quashing the Impugned Order bearing

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This is a digitally signed order.

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The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 09/07/2025 at 11:44:27

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no.CBSE/AFF./2730772/2024/01565 dated 30.10.2024 passed by the Respondent Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) as being completely illegal, arbitrary, unconstitutional and in violation of principles of natural justice.”

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At the outset, Mr. Kirtiman Singh, learned Senior Counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits that the petitioner will not press the present petition any further if the respondent treats the present petition as a representation and dispose of the same by a speaking order after affording personal hearing to the petitioner.

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Mr. M.K. Sreegesh, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the respondent/CBSE submits that the Court may dispose of the petition by issuing appropriate directions.

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Having regard to the limited relief articulated by Mr. Kirtiman Singh, this Court deems it appropriate to dispose of the present petition with a direction to the respondent/CBSE to treat the same as representation and dispose of the same by way of a speaking order within a period of 20 days from today, after affording personal hearing to the petitioner. Ordered accordingly.

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It is made clear that petitioner/School will not take any new admissions for Class-XI and Class-XII till the disposal of its representation.

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It is further clarified that nothing has been expressed on the merits of the case nor the present order will create any special equities in favour of the present petitioner.

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The respondent/CBSE will be at liberty to seek any further documents from the petitioner school, if deemed necessary, for deciding the abovesaid representation.

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The petition and pending applications, stand disposed of.

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This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 09/07/2025 at 11:44:27

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Accordingly, the next date already fixed in the petition i.e. 11.07.2025 stands cancelled.

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A copy of this order be given dasti under signature of Court Master.

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VIKAS MAHAJAN, J

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JULY 2, 2025 aj

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B S International School v. Central Board of Secondary Education

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