An audit by the Gujarat government revealed that granted schools in the state have received more grants than they were entitled to in the past few years. The report revealed that around 150 such granted schools are based out of Ahmedabad and have been paid excess grants ranging from ₹1,000 to ₹62 lakh.
Notices have been issued by the city’s district education officer (DEO) to 150 granted schools for the recovery of over ₹3.08 cr.
A letter was sent by Ahmedabad DEO to the city’s top schools, including Jay Somnath High School in Maninagar, Shree Vidhyanagar in Ashram Road, Mt Carmel High School in Navrangpura, both the Diwan Ballubhai Schools in Kankaria and Paldi, St Xaviers High School Loyola in Memnagar, and Divine Buds in Maninagar, among others.
The letter states that since departmental account audit recovery is pending from around 150 schools, they are entitled to pay the outstanding amount immediately to the grant section.
It adds that failing to deposit the outstanding amount within the time limit could invite authoritative action against the school.
If the school has been shut down or if the operational schools do not pay the government dues within the time limit, then the government encumbrance will be levied against the property through the district collector.
Post-encumbrance, the recovery amount of the outstanding government dues will be considered as land revenue, and its recovery will be processed accordingly.
Recovery initiated against these schools:
Jay Somnath High School, Maninagar – ₹62.49 lakh
Shree Vidhyanagar, Ashram Road – ₹29.79 lakh
Mt Carmel High School, Navrangpura – ₹18.12 lakh
Bhagwati Vidhyalaya, Mahavirnagar – ₹14.05 lakh
MK Secondary School, Ellisbridge – ₹8.32 lakh
Amrut School, Shahibaug Cantonment – ₹7.52 lakh
Gurukrupa High School, Amraiwadi – ₹9.55 lakh
Nelson’s High School, Naranpura – ₹9.34 lakh
Diwan Ballubhai, Kankaria – ₹6.24 lakh
Diwan Ballubhai, Paldi – ₹4.44 lakh
St Xaviers High School Loyola, Memnagar – ₹6.06 lakh
St Ann’s High School, Sabarmati – ₹3.99 lakh
DP High School, Nava Vadaj – ₹5.99 lakh
KGK School, Kubernagar – ₹5.59 lakh
Divine Buds, Maninagar – ₹5.33 lakh
Sharda Vidya Mandir, Kalapinagar – ₹5.29lakh
HB Mehta High School, Odhav – ₹4.55 lakh
Sardar Patel & Swami Vivekanand School, Maninagar – ₹4.37 lakh
Sheth CN Vidyalaya, Ambawadi – ₹4.27 lakh
Vijaynagar Secondary School, Naranpura – ₹4.15 lakh