Some parents of the PTA committee of Billabong International School, Thane, have been slapped with a legal notice and asked to pay damages amounting to Rs 5 crore for defaming the school.

The school management said that parents have been complaining to the education department over the school hiking fees and have been illegally collecting fees from other parents on behalf of the school. A member of the Board of Trustees of the school said that the legal notice has been sent to stop illegal activities by parents of the PTA who are collecting fees from other parents and filing complaints with the education department.