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Muzaffarnagar: Unregistered madrasas to be penalised ₹10,000 per day
The notices have been issued by block education officer of Purkaji and also in Morna block of the district to over a dozen madrasas operating without proper registration
Uttar Pradesh’s basic education department has issued a notice stating that madrasas operating in the district without registration will have to pay a penalty of ₹10,000 per day.
The notices have been issued by block education officer of Purkaji and also in Morna block of the district to over a dozen madrasas operating without proper registration and they were asked to produce relevant documents.
According to officials, there are about 24,000 madrasas in Uttar Pradesh, of which 16,000 are recognised and 8,000 unrecognised.
The madrasas which have been issued notices have been asked to produce their relevant documents within three days of receiving the order or face action according to the rules.
Muzaffarnagar basic shiksha adhikari (BSA) Shubham Shukla said the district minority department has informed his office that more than 100 madrasas being run here do not have registration or recognition in the district and are functioning against the norms.
Shukla said that there is provision to slap a fine of ₹1 lakh if a madrasa doesn’t stop functioning within a month after failing to produce required documents of registration/affiliation, and thereafter, a fine of ₹10000 per day will be slapped.
Taking strong exception to the notice served to madrasas, the Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, an organisation of Indian Muslims, called the education department’s order “unlawful”.
Maulana Zakir Husain, secretary of the Uttar Pradesh unit of Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, said the madrasas in the state are “being harassed by serving them illegal notices only to target a particular community”.
“The madrasas are providing free-of-cost education to the students. They will not be able to pay the fine of ₹10,000 per day,” Husain said.
