Advocate Rajeshwar Panchal whose PIL forced govt to change RTE rules

In a noteworthy move, the state education department has released a notification stating that under the Right To Education Act (RTE), all children falling in the OBC/NT/DNT/VJNT/SBC categories will be entitled for free school education. The state government, till date, had extended the benefit under RTE only to SC/ST students and others whose parents' salary was below Rs 1 lakh per annum. The move comes after a PIL was filed in the Bombay High Court, and the court directed the state to pass such an order. Interestingly, the Government Resolution (GR) also directs that children affected with HIV must be accepted in schools with regular students under the RTE quota.