In a much-anticipated judgement, Bombay High Court yesterday illuminated that allotting facility by the government in the form of land can not considered as aid, and provisions of Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act are not applicable to minority-unaided schools.

u00a0After receiving directions from Zilla Parishad about making available 25 per cent seats to economically weaker section (EWS) students at the beginning of ongoing academic year, three city-based schools — The Bishop’s Education Society, the Society of St Mary’s School and the Saraswati Vidyalaya (SV) Union School — had taken a stand that as they were minority-unaided schools, RTE was not applicable to them.