To,
Mr. Vishal Solanki
The Education Commissioner
Pune
Subject: Regarding the letter issued to Mrs. Prajakta Pethkar (Ref # 2018/104) from your office
Sir,
We have been in touch and working along with your office since almost 5 months with regards to
the illegal activities of VIBGYOR High School as well as the Education System in whole. You have always
given us time, understood our issues, provided solutions or directions whenever needed and treated us
with respect. We in turn have also given you respect, spoken to you politely, kept our patience and have
spread a good word about your work ethics.
On 30th August 2018, we got a call by Mr. Pawra (PA to Education Commissioner) who said ‘The
Education Commissioner has invited you to come and meet Mrs. Vandana Krishan at Balbharti @ 4:00 PM
on 31st August 2018’. After Nandkumar was moved from the post of Principal Secretary (Sports &
Education), we were elated to know that finally there is one responsible officer on the very important post
who is coming all the way from Mumbai to listen to our issues and give justice to us. We even bought a
bouquet to welcome her to Pune. Dressed up in formals for such an important meeting, we reached at
sharp 4:00 PM.
We saw there were several other parents waiting. You came in after some time and told us that it
will take some time. Though we had left our kids alone at home, we said we will stay as long it is needed,
be it 12:00 at night. If Mrs. Krishna can come all the way from Mumbai for us, we can definitely wait for
her. That’s how much respect and hope we came with that day.
Around 6:30 PM we were called inside the conference room where Mrs. Krishna, you and several
officers were sitting upfront. Some more Education Department officials like Mr. Dinkar Temkar, Mrs.
Meenakshi Raut, Mr. Shintre, Mr. Godhane and others were sitting across. We entered the conference
room only after asking Mrs. Krishna’s permission to enter. We gave her the bouquet and wished her a
“Good Evening”, but she didn’t accept the bouquet, just moved it aside reluctantly. We ignored that and
asked for her permission to sit as we were standing right in front of her surrounded by all the officers. She
said, “No, you can’t, I don’t have time, you stand here in front of me and speak in 2 mins”. We said, “We
have been suffering since past 5 years, how you expect me to tell in 2 mins?” On that she said, “I will give
time later, you tell me in only 2 mins.” We tried to convince her and requested that, “We will brief you in
10 mins”. But she said “no, only 2 mins” without even looking us in the eye. We felt insulted by her
behavior with all the officers sitting and only all of us parents standing. We once again ignored it and
started putting our prayers in front of her. We asked her to cancel the NOC of VIBGYOR and all the schools
(as it is her mandate) that have been found guilty under the law and finished talking as there was no time
given. She hardly heard us and without knowing our story started giving contradictory statements. Did you Page 2 of 11
find her statements appropriate? Did you find her answers to our questions correct? Could you not see
how she treated us mother parents like criminals? If not, here’s a flashback to help you remember all that
happened that day:
1. We: “schools are selling uniform/books in the campus, flouting the norms of GR # 1” Mrs.
Krishna: Does this rule apply to private schools?
We: “Yes Madam, this law is applicable to all schools”
2. Mrs. Krishna (with a … smile and not looking towards us): “Why do parents put their children
in private schools? why dont you put them in Govt. schools?” The lady officer next to Mrs.
Krishna along with some more officers started laughing at us.
We were taken aback by her statements
We: “this forum’s time is not for discussion on where we put our children, but to take action
on the erring schools on violations as per your mandate. this is purely our decision. but it
doesnt mean schools flout the rules and the department sets them free. Still we will be the
first ones to put our children in Govt. school provided you open all the 1300 govt. schools
shutdown by the Education Minister Vinod Tawade & improve the quality of these schools.
We are ready but are the schools ready? Already there is a huge budget of 800 crores and
additional 200 (approx.) crores sanctioned by our Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi &
Finance Minister Mr. Arun Jaitley. Where did all the money go? Why is it not being used to
improve the quality of the Govt. schools instead the minister is closing the existing open ones?
3. We: “As VIBGYOR has no permission/recognition/NOC renewal neither have they submitted
the certified copies of the audit report as per mandate to the PMC/ZP, why don’t you shut
down private schools like these instead of closing the Govt. Schools?
Mrs. Krishna: “this does not fall under our jurisdiction and I cannot do anything about it. You
go to the courts.”
We: “why should we go to the court when it is your (the State of Maharashtra) mandate.
Prime Minister Mr. Modi has already mentioned that the courts’ burden to be reduced by
addressing grievances/issues at the Govt. Offices level in a limited time once the complaint is
lodged. Then why are you asking us to go to courts? On the other hand, courts have disposed
off 8 out of 10 parents’ petitions in a row in 2 years down the line stating ‘parents have no
locus/rights to file a complaint or stand against schools redirecting them back to the Education
Department. If we parents have no locus in front of your chair nor in courts, then where do we
go?”
4. Mrs. Krishna: “I don’t know about all that, just give me your points on
suggestions/amendments in policies if you have any.”
We: “We have already submitted our suggestions last year in May-June for amendments in
Fee Regulation Act 2011, but Education Minister Vinod Tawade conveniently neglected all of
those and got only those points that were beneficial to school managements passed in the
Vidhan Sabha.”
5. Do you think speaking in 2 mins, not allowing us to explain our grievances with evidences in
detail & on top of that saying ‘we can’t do anything’ is going to solve our problem? if none of
what we say falls in your jurisdiction why did you call us here today? If you cannot do anything
and want us to go to courts then give it us in writing. We will send you an email with detailed
list of what are the mandates of your chair. To accept or reject those is up to you. Thank you. Page 3 of 11
We left the conference room feeling dejected. We saw that Mrs. Krishna is not going to do
anything to alleviate the pains of parents and your attempt to help us meet her has failed. We felt bad
that not once did you try to step in to explain her our situation. If we were wrong you could have stopped
us right then n there. None of the officers including you tried to explain her how the school is
contravening the laws and how we parents are facing hurdles. You kept telling us that we will meet later
and discuss. We were supposed to meet Mrs. Krishna, we were to update her about all the misdeeds going
on in her Department, then how meeting you later would have helped?
We were standing outside when another parent named Marzi was called inside the conference
room and within a minute we heard some loud voices, so we ran inside to see what’s wrong. We saw
Marzi being held by 4-5 officers. We are aware of his case and how your department has handled it
insensitively. He has been running around since almost a year now to get justice for his son. On top of that
the then Deputy Director of Education Dinkar Temkar had called his son ‘abnormal’ on several occasions,
which any parent would not tolerate. That’s very insensitive of Mr. Temkar. When we saw him being
mistreated, we too joined him saying ‘we will complain regarding this along with you’. Mrs. Krishna along
with all the officers left the conference room right then, and we knew that she won’t do anything for the
parents, infact we might face more hurdles now, which angered every one of us and that’s when we
shouted slogans of ‘Vandana Krishna hai hai, leave the chair’ (‘वंदना कृçणा हाय हाय, खुचȸ सोडा’).
All the officers left and we stood there with our questions/matters as is. Ex Principal Secretary
Nandkumar did the same thing a couple of years ago. We have lodged an NC against him and the case is
pending in the District Court, Pune. If this is how parents are treated by the Ministers, Education
Department officials on top posts, then how do you expect respect from us? We parents are treated as
dirt and the School management that is continuously flouting norms, breaking laws are being saved by you
people, then give us a good reason as to why shouldn’t we ask you to get down from your positions. If she
doesn’t know her mandates she better study first and then speak as giving such irresponsible statements
doesn’t augur well to the reputation of her position. You are playing with the sentiments of parents and
that is totally unacceptable. Your bosses can’t take action on the erring school trustees but can take
actions on parents especially Mrs. Pethkar who is the representative of a large mob and is standing for
children’s welfare for their education.
What did you want to prove by giving us 2 mins to speak? That you are helping us? Or you
purposefully did all this to defame us? If you recall, we have never resorted to such behavior of this kind in
your office. You witnessed whatever happened on the 31st, yet you blame us. You cooperated with us
because that’s what public servants are supposed to do. Please don’t mislead the general public by
showing off as if you have done us some favor. And to bring to your attention, only exchanging
letters/emails doesn’t mean cooperation. Taking action (for real) on the erring schools that are flouting
the rules/contravening the laws is mandatory for you/your office. And also taking action on the officials
who are not following your instructions. Whenever it has come to taking real action against the
schools/Education Department officials, you have diverted from that by one way or the other, including
defaming us like we are being right now.
Its natural tendency Mr. Solanki, you get respect if you give respect. The way you respected us we
respected you back and we think that was the reason you always allowed especially three of us viz. Mrs.
Pethkar, Mrs. Mehta and Mrs. Mahajan to speak and ask the rest of the parents to wait outside. We hope
you remember that. Page 4 of 11
Other than this we want to inform you that Mrs. Raut has taken disadvantage of you taking out
such a notice and now has again indulged with the school management and not helping for Courts and
Commissioner of Police to start the investigation fresh and get the C-summary cancelled. She is not ready
to get the APP changed as he has been challenging our locus and Mrs. Raut has no control over what he
says or submits in the court. Neither is she sending the letter to the Commissioner of Police to change the
IO and start the investigation afresh. Your notice had no strict instructions to her mandate, yet she, along
with some other people who are not directly associated with the Deputy Director’s office, have conspired
and are obstructing the flow of justice putting our children at a huge risk. If you don’t stop her soon and
work in support as we had decided in our meet, we parents of VIBGYOR will ensure she is exposed for
signing such a document and involving in the conspiracy, which is a fact we all including you decided to
ignore to set the FIR right. If you fail to instruct her, it will prove that you have no control over the
conspiring officers and are here to just take instruction of your boss even if it goes against the parents’
justice and rights, but don’t have the power to stop the schools doing violations and contravening the law.
If anything goes wrong with these cases, you and Mrs. Krishna will be solely responsible for everything.
Now let’s move on to the letter you gave on 17th September 2018:
1. You have mentioned in the letter that ‘we have misbehaved with other officials and have done
this several times before and broken the rules of a public office’. If you really want to know, these
were the officers who had misbehaved with us, not keeping in mind their position/responsibilities,
lied to the public, misled us, refused to meet us despite following every single protocol, behaved
indecently with lady parents, threatened us with Police action just to scare us and shoo us away,
and on other hand they were favoring the school management, advocating the school’s misdeeds
as legal which is a grave danger to our rights as parents and to our children’s right to education. If
trying to meet officials (after following all protocols) and raising our voice for our rights is
‘misbehaving’ then we will do it over and over again for the future of Maharashtra’s children. We
cannot just let it go while corrupt officials who are hand in glove with the school managements
take us for a ride. When we bring to notice any such behavior of the officers, the officers are
promoted instead of being punished for their behavior. For e.g. Mr. Dinkar Temkar (the then
Deputy Director of Education) took cognizance of one parent’s complaint on his personal
whatsapp and resolved his issue in just a few days, while we still are facing the issue despite
following the protocol and giving written complaints. Why is such behavior of the officials not
punished, why are they promoted instead? Are they held accountable for all the work NOT DONE?
And if you do not believe us, please go through the CCTV footage of all the incidences and let’s
have a meeting with the media as witnesses to each of those and let the media decide who is at
fault. Also, please get the CCTV Footage of 31st August 2018 between 4 PM and 8 PM and then
blame us if you find us guilty. If you think the way we behaved with the officials is an insult to
them, then why doesn’t their behavior with us seem demeaning/degrading to you? The corrupt
practices and behavior of your department’s officers is crushing our constitutional rights as the
citizens of this country and our children’s future. How do you expect us to just keep mum and take
all the injustice with our heads hanging low as if we are the culprits? Isn’t your letter an example
of victim shaming?
2. One of the most important protests we have held so far was on 7th March 2018 as we HAD to
meet the Chief Minister of Maharashtra Mr. Devendra Fadnavis because the Education Minister
was not doing anything concrete and was just giving statements in press. We wrote to the CM’s Page 5 of 11
office well in advance with our prayers. But we didn’t receive any acknowledgment. Almost every
other day you see that the CM is attending functions of Bollywood celebrities and inaugurations of
jewelry shops, but has no time for the suffering parents of Maharashtra. We reached Mumbai
early on the 7th of March but were made to wait at the Marine Drive Police Station for hours
together. We somehow managed to reach the Vidhan Bhawan where police used force on us,
dragged us by our hair and threw us in the van. Mrs. Gunjan Mehta was hurt so badly that she
had to be admitted to the hospital. We were harassed at the police station by various means
including threatening us that FIR will be lodged against us. But at the end of the day, around 7:30
PM we got the news that one of our most important and ethically, legally correct demand was
fulfilled by releasing a ‘GR (# 201803071606023821) which authorized the Deputy Director of
Education of each district to take action against the schools that are contravening the law’. We
were glad to see the GR but we paid a price for it by staying away from our children for days,
getting beaten up badly for something that could have been solved easily by discussion. We are
not fond of getting out on the street or shouting slogans, its the education department’s inactions
are forcing us to call up andolans.
3. We have given numerous complaints to the Education Department, followed every protocol but
where is the action on the school? Yes, there were orders given to the school, but the school
never followed any of it. It is indeed the mandate of Mrs. Krishna’s position to cancel the NOC of
the school. Then why is she running away from it?
4. Let us remind you that you are a public servant and not a monarch where you are treating us like
slaves misusing your powers. You are besieged with a colonial mindset hence we insist on you to
come out with the CCTV footage and prove it in the media. The ego of your bosses so big than the
cause and the pains we had been going through since 5 years who will apologize to us for that?
Instead you are denying your responsibilities that are your mandate. Only when you get rid of the
ego and stop treating yourself big and others small, you will be able to solve problems by
discussing them.
5. We are the regular taxpayers and respectable citizens of this country with our own stature and
dignity therefore you do not have the right to treat us like garbage and you all owe us an
explanation and apology for the inaction and mistreatment of all parents of Maharashtra, as this is
not just one incident, there have been several against parents. We mother parents are in fact
helping your department by throwing light on the illegalities of the school managements such as
VIBGYOR High (which should solely be taken care of by your department). These private schools
get permission and NOC from your department and once they start running they throw every
single order you send their way into the trash bin. You show no intention to punish them for
their wrongdoings and when we expose that you defame us so we shut ourselves up?
6. The FIRs on VIBGYOR High, Magarpatta (31st March 2018 FIR # 348/2018) and VIBGYOR High,
NIBM (5th April 2018, FIR # 222/2018) have been lodged based on the inspection reports of your
department and after careful scrutiny by the Deputy Director of Education. Fee Regulation Act
2011, Prohibition of Capitation Fee Act 1987, Advisory for Corporal Punishment 35(1) and Right to
Education 2009 are the basis of those FIRs and Mrs. Krishna is denying the applicability of these
laws to the Private schools also GR#1 Prohibition of sale of books and stationary is not applicable
to minority schools is what she said. If she did not know our matter then how did she know that
VIBGYOR is claiming to be a minority institution? On one hand Deputy Director of Education
Jadhav and you concurred that the laws are indeed applicable to private schools and on the other Page 6 of 11
hand Mrs. Krishna says ‘No’. This puts us parents in a very difficult situation and we suffer. We
have to keep a close eye on the school’s misdeeds ourselves as your department is always keen
on shrugging off their responsibilities. Despite of knowing all this, the school trustes/owners are
walking around freely while vigilant parents like us face defamation and bans from your
department. What an irony!
7. The Education Minister of Maharashtra is felicitating the same VIBGYOR Trustee Rustom Kerawala
on whom there are 3 FIRs lodged. Rustom Kerawala is roaming free, thanks to Ramchandra Jadhav
who has given contradictory statements on the same FIRs that were lodged by him on the basis of
inspection reports, verified very well before lodging the FIRs. He, along with the IO Sudam
Pachorkar hurriedly wrapped up the investigation midway and filed a C-Summary, trying to make
the case weaker. The existing law is not being implemented and we are asked to suggest
amendments and at the end the minister only gets those points added that favor the school
managements. The Palshikar committee for FRA amendments was just a farce.
8. When Mrs. Krishna said ‘I can’t do anything. Go to Court’, how come your letter says ‘give us your
matter in writing and we will work on it’. We need clarity as to whether you will work on our
matters or not, so please ask Mrs. Krishna if you are allowed to work on our matters. It is her ego
that she doesn’t even see the sufferings of the parents and children of Maharashtra. As per your
letter, if particularly Mrs. Prajakta Pethkar apologizes to her, she will allow us to meet you and the
other officers of your department. Mrs. Pethkar is the mother parent who has been running from
pillar to post while disregarding her own health in delicate times like pregnancy/delivery to an
extent that she was about to slip in to coma, taking this corrupt system head-on since almost 5
years now despite all that, fighting against a big lobby lead by Rustom Kerawala who influences
everyone with the power of money. Her determination and fearless attitude inspired us other
parents to join hands with her and face this with grit and a collective determination. We are
fearless because we know we are right. Had we been wrong we would have been fearful, but
we are not a tiny bit afraid.
9. Why is Mrs. Prajakta Pethkar being targeted when there were other parents also during the
meeting? Is this a conspiracy to defame her particularly, just like VIBGYOR Trustee Rustom
Kerawala through his lawyers, does on every platform?
10. Never during the whole meeting did Mrs. Krishna look us in the eye and only a person who is not
true to himself/herself does that. We were looking her in the eye but she was not. She made us
stand while all you officers were seated. Who does that? Were we criminals to be treated so
badly? We are mother parents fighting for our rights. An officer treating any parent in such
demeaning manner is unacceptable. Our sufferings, our problems, our concerns didn’t make it
to her ears, only thing that did was the slogans we gave, which hurt her ego and this letter
proves it.
11. You are asking us to give our matter in writing, but what has happened in the matters we wrote to
you earlier? None of the following matters have seen a logical end.
a. We have brought it to the notice of VIBGYOR several times that, we are not only protected by
the existing law which declares demand and collection of illegal excessive capitation fees as
cognizable offence but also by the Hon. SC constitutional bench judgement in TMA Pai and PA
Inamdar. Yet, the school management comments in the media that we have not paid the fees,
which is not true. We have not paid the hiked fees only which means the rest of the fees
amounts to more than 90% of the total fees has been paid. Yet they are not providing books Page 7 of 11
to our children, nor are they making them available in the market. Moreover, they recently
started selling books individually but particularly have blocked the sale of books to us. This is
keeping away our children from the right of education. Our children are treated badly for not
having books, humiliated in front of the rest of the class, discriminated against. What have you
done in this matter? Have you made sure our children receive their books?
b. Have you put VIBGYOR High in black list for sale of books and stationary on campus? Have
you cancelled their NOC for not following GR#1?
c. On one hand VIBGYOR is demanding Rs. 90,000+ for giving LC/TC to parents and on the other
hand influential parents got the LC/TC home delivered without paying a single penny. The
common people who are working without any political or influence who are following all
protocols and complaining in writing at your office are still waiting for justice. Did you lodge an
FIR against the school for profiteering?
d. VIBGYOR High is working without the necessary recognition/permission, when will you take
some solid action against them such as an FIR?
e. You had formed the Supe Committee in the month of May 2018, under the supervision of the
Director of Education Mr. Sunil Chauhan, do deal with the above points. No report whatsoever
or status of any kind has been shared with us. Has the committee worked? If yes, then where is
the report?
f. For conspiring against the FIRs lodged against VIBGYOR High, you were going to set up an inquiry
and take action against Ramchandra Jadhav and Dhanaji Butte. What is the status and report
of the committee?
g. How come Temkar and Butte were promoted despite your promise of taking action on them?
h. The APP (Assistant Public Prosecutor) appointed by the Govt. for the FIRs on VIBGYOR High,
started challenging our locus instead of talking from our side and we had requested that he be
changed and that too before 27th September 2018 i.e. the next date for hearing. That is the
reason we wanted to meet you but you instead of meeting us, came up with this ban on us.
i. You had assured us a meeting on the 19th July 2018 to discuss about the suggestions for
amendments in Fee Regulation Act 2011, but when we checked with you last time, you said
your seniors have asked to call off the meeting. Meanwhile, the Education Minister has very
smartly gotten the draft with anti-parent amendments passed at the Vidhan Parishad secretly.
We have not received the copy yet from your office either. If a parent complains against a
school, there is so much that he/she has go to through, so very few like us come forward.
Hence, the inclusion of the point where 76% of parents will have to come forward to complain
and only then the complaint will be considered by the committee, which we think is snatching
away our constitutional right. None of the points that we suggested has been included in the
draft. Total transparency will be maintained is what we were promised but that doesn’t seem
to be the case. Utmost care is being taken so that parents do not get a say in this matter.
These are just some points that you had promised action upon, but we have yet to see any action. Then why
are you asking for more matters in writing?
Numerous orders have been sent from the Education Department to the VIBGYOR School which
mentioned that if the school does not follow the orders, the school will be dealt with appropriate Page 8 of 11
punishment as per your mandate. But the point to note here is not a single action has been taken by the
department on VIBGYOR, though they have been throwing the orders in the trash bins. We think you should
also mention on the orders ‘as to how many years do the parents have to wait, until the action takes place
so that parents are not under the wrong impression that once an order is served to the school the job is
done’. You are incapable of following through your own orders and from your inaction on VIBGYOR we are
clever enough to know what ties up the hands and makes your department mum.
And when we come to confront you on these inactions, you call the police force to threaten us with
dire consequences. Who do you think we are? We are just common people, parents who are seeking justice
for our children’s academic future. The ones who are breaking the law, contravening every provision of law
is roaming around freely as you are not taking action on them and then you threaten us instead.
Not to forget the attitude of Police in such matters. The Investigating officer PI Sudam Pachorkar
omitted all the important points such as Audit reports, profit and loss statements, accounts of school etc.
He did not take our statements though the main complainants’ witness is of utmost importance. We had
even sent reminders to him by letters and phone calls so that he does not forgo the statements. But we
noticed that he and the other officers of Kondhwa Police Station started avoiding us. Meanwhile, (the very
famous fraudsters) Ramchandra Jadhav and Dhanaji Butte had given word to word copy of each other’s
additional statements which gave the utmost rubbish and silly reason to quash the FIRs that they did the
FIRs as a misunderstanding, though the FIRs were done based on reports that proved the school guilty. Also,
Butte and clerk Talekar together conspired and made Mrs. Meenakshi Raut sign wrong document on a
pretext of hurry based on which the IO filed the C-Summary in the court. The C-summary was filed such that
not even the Deputy Director who filed the FIRs was aware of it, so that the news doesn’t reach us by any
chance and it is easy to safeguard the school trustee from getting arrested. When we found out about this
we approached the Comissioner of Police Dr. Venkatesham and requested him to change the IO and set up
an enquiry on PI Sudam Pachorkar so that no other officer dares to mess with these cases. Also, requested
him that the investigation be carried out by a new, honest and capable police officer or hand it over to CBI.
(These FIRs on VIBGYOR are high profile cases and there is a high probability of tampering by the wrong kind
of people. In fact, the tampering is on going).
We have given the following points for the re-investigation, which should have been given by the
Deputy Director of Education (as it is his/her mandate) and should have been studied by the IO and
understood clearly. Yet, here we, the complainant parents are doing their job. This is nothing but deliberate
attempt of ignoring their duties. Let us see now how the Commissioner of Police and the Deputy Director of
Education take this up.
Points for re-investigation:
१. शाळा सǽु करÖयाची परवानगी, recognition certificate (permission, recognition from the relevant
authority PMC or other)
२. NOCची Ĥत (NOC २००६ पासून अजून पयतɍ renew झालेले नाहȣ)
३. शाळा िजथे चालूआहेत ×या जागेची कागदपğे (Land agreement)
४. Councils तफȶ परवानगी ICSE, CBSE, CIE, IGSCE इ×यादȣ सव एकाच शाळेत [ चालवू शकतात अशी
परवानगी (Permission to run different boards under the same roof)
५. Audited balance sheets (लेखापरȣ¢ण अहवाल) Page 9 of 11
६. नफा-तोटा éयाÍया नɉदȣ (profit-loss statement)
७. कायमèवǾपी व कंğाटदार ͧश¢क व इतर कमचार [ ȣ éयांची ×यांÍया पगारासकट यादȣ (List of permanent
and temporary, teaching and non-teaching staff along with their salaries)
८. शाळा सǽु झाãयापासून आतापयतɍ ͩकती ͪवɮयाØयाɍचे दाखले झाले ×याची यादȣ व ×यात दर वषȸ
अãपसंÉयांक मुले ͩकती éयाचे आकडे (Number of students admitted in the school since the inception
and number of minority admissions out of the total amount each year).
९. दोÛहȣ शाखांचा अãपसंÉयांक असãयाचा दाखला (Minority certificate for both branches)
१०. मÉु य तĐारदार पालकांचे जवाब (Įीम. ĤाजÈता पेठकर, Įीम. गुंजन मेहता व Įीम. ǽपालȣ महाजन)
(Statements of complainant parents, Mrs. Prajakta Pethkar, Mrs. Gunjan Mehta and Mrs. Rupali
Mahajan)
११. २०१४-१५ ते २०१८-१९ सालÍया सव[ पालक-ͧश¢क सͧमतीÍया सव सभासदांचे [ जवाब (Statements of all
PTA members since 2014-15 till 2018-19)
१२. २०१४-१५ ते २०१८-१९ सालÍया सव[ पालक-ͧश¢क सͧमतीÍया सव[ बैठकȧंचे ͬचğीकरण (Audio-video
recordings of all PTA meetings since 2014-15 till 2018-19)
१३. शाळेने कायɮयाĤमाणे िजãहा पǐरषद ͧश¢ण ͪवभागाकडे लेखापरȣ¢ण अहवाल Ǒदला आहे का हे बघणे. (Has
the school submitted the copies of account audit to Zilla Parishad Education Department as per
the mandate)
१४. शाळा आपãया आवारात Ĥ×य¢रȣ×या/अĤ×य¢रȣ×या ͩकवा कुणाÍया तफȶ पुèतक व शालेय साǑह×य ͪवĐȧ करते
का हे GR # १ (२००४) éयाला अनुसǾन तपासणे (Investigate the sale of books and stationary on the
school campus, directly/indirectly or through 3rd party, taking into reference the GR # 1 of 2004)
१५. शाळेने कोटा[त वेळोवेळी दाखल के लेãया याͬचका व ×यावर ͧमळालेले आदेश éयांÍया तारखा तसेच कोटा[चे
आदेश शाळेने खरोखरच पाळले आहेत का, पालकांकडून वसूल केलेलȣ फȧ आदेशाला अनुसǾन के लȣ का, फȧ
ठरवतांना आदेशातील सव अट [ ȣ पाळãया का याची तपासणी कसून होणे. (Investigate the petitions and
orders of the court, especially for the dates. And also if the school has followed the court orders in
regards of the amount charged to the parents, if the school has really followed all the conditions
applied by the court etc)
१६. शाळेने दर वषȸ आणलेãया आदेशाची तारȣख हȣ फȧ भरÖयाची नोटȣस पालकांसाठȤ वेबसाईटवर टाकãयाÍया
आधीची आहे का नंतरची हे तपासणे. (Investigate the dates of court orders brought by the school
whether it is a date before or after the fee circular is uploaded on the website for the parents)
१७. २०१४-१५ पासून आजपयतɍ शाळेवर मनपा/उपसंचालक काया[लय/िजãहा पǐरषद व इतर झालेãया सव[ तपासणी
अहवालांची जमापुतȸ कǾन Ëयावी. (All inspection reports of PMC/Deputy Director’s Office/ZP and
any other departments since 2014-15 should be included in the FIRs)
१८. ७ माच[ २०१८ चा शासन Ǔनण[य ÏयाÍया आधारावर éया दोÛहȣ FIRs केãया गेलेãया आहेत ×याची जमापुतȸ
करावी (The GR of 7th March 2018 on the basis of which both the FIRs were lodged should be
included in the FIRs)
१९. शाळेला आजतागायत ͧश¢ण ͪवभागाÍया काया[लयांकडून ͧमळालेãया सव[ आदेशांची जमापतु ȸ कǾन Ëयावी व
×यांचे पालन झाले का éयाची चौकशी åहावी (All the orders given by Education Department to the
school be included in the FIRs and verify whether school had followed them) Page 10 of 11
If all these points are investigated thoroughly, it will be clear whether the school is guilty or not.
12. You are saying unconditional apology.
a. First of all, apologize for what? Paying taxes regularly, because of which all the govt.
officials get their salary, is that our mistake? Being alert of the wrong doings happening
around us and raising voice against it, is that our mistake? Raising our voice against the
institutes that treat your orders as garbage and contravene every law, is that our mistake?
We seek convincing explanation on all comments made, otherwise we shall produce all
the proof on record how your department has behaved biased, including the FIR where
your officials made adverse representation for few thousand bucks
b. Instead, you owe us an apology for harassing us, insulting us and speaking lie to us about
your mandate.
c. Mrs. Prajakta Pethkar is a parent representative and has been working for the rights of
parents of VIBGYOR High particularly as well as parents of Maharashtra. Being an IAS Mrs.
Krishna is not supposed to treat a parent representative in a demeaning manner as ‘an IAS
officer especially chief governing officer of the State are known to be the backbone of
Indian administration, responsible to maintain devotion towards their duties, no
government servant shall treat the public with grievances in a discourteous manner
during official hours or adopt dilatory tactics or willfully cause delays or deny their
mandate.’
d. You have to immediately withdraw the letter issued to Mrs. Pethkar and you have to
tender a public apology to the Prajakta Pethkar Education Trust’s committee viz. Mrs.
Gunjan Mehta (Vice President), Mrs. Rupali Mahajan (President) and especially Mrs.
Prajakta Pethkar (Chairwoman) for ordering this ban on her which doesn’t fit any legal
angle and has defamed her and the VIBGYOR parents in general.
e. This letter is only to shunt us into forcible submission to your egoistic dictate, including to
hide the collusion of your office in subverting the laws, assisting and facilitating the
private school owners go berserk, looting parents, torturing students, doing all sort of
illegal acts.We still will not mind feeding your egos or your bosses egos, for whom working
or giving ears to parents is not important but maintaining their respect is
f. Though we are not wrong, we will definitely apologize provided you take action on
VIBGYOR, immediately cancel their NOC. (Yes Sir, conditions apply) which she has already
denied which made us shout slogans at her.
g. If you fail to give satisfactory reasoning asking us to apologize, it amply proves our
allegation stands right. You should tender an unconditional apology to parents fraternity
in the State of Maharashtra for failing to protect the fundamental rights of students to
free education enshrined in Constitution of India. If you feel this is too much, please file
FIR against us on issues mentioned in your letter and our reply, at least this will take this
cause forward.
h. Collection of illegal, excessive and capitation fees is declared cognizable offence and that
all you have to take action against it being a public servant duty bound to take appropriate
action against service rules applicable to you and also Indian penal code too, it is clear that
you all have committed criminal conspiracy and our minor children are being harassed
because of your criminal conspiracies and negligence in duty. Further you have made
defamatory remarks against us, hence we give you last opportunity to withdraw this letter Page 11 of 11
and tender an unconditional apology further take immediate punitive and criminal action
against VIBGYOR school which is running without norms and following mandatory
permissions which have caused loss to public exchequer too under RTE, FRA and
Capitation Fee Act 2011, failure to do so shall result into filing appropriate criminal and
civil proceedings against you.
We have no other option but to call for an andolan against this dictatorship and the misuse of
power by the education department against the parent fraternity. We are also contemplating lodging an
FIR under IPC Sec 499 against Mrs. Krishna and all officers who refused to meet us as per her instructions.
We have strong doubts if she has received gratification from VIBGYOR school management which is
running without proper mandatory recognition under RTE and flouting norms too and hence complaint
shall also be made against her under relevant provisions of law.
Forwarded a copy to the following offices for information and action:

1. Prime Minister of India
2. HRD Minister of India
3. Chief Minister of Maharashtra
4. Education Minister of Maharashtra
5. Chief Secretary of Maharashtra - Sports and Education
6. Education Commissioner
7. PMC Commissioner, Pune
8. Police Commissioner, Pune
9. Director of Education
10. Deputy Director of Education
11. ZP Education Officer
12. PMC Education Officer
13. Investigation Officer (IO), Kondhwa Police Station, Pune
14. Senior Police Officer, Kondhwa Police Station, Pune
15. ICSE Board, Delhi
16. CBSE Board
17. IGCSE Board
18. CIE Board


Yours lawfully,
Rupali Mahajan
Gunjan Mehta
Prajakta Pethkar
Preeti shiekh
(Prajakta Pethkar Education Trust & VIBGYOR Parents)