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By Express News ServiceBENGALURU: The High Court has said that no school can expel a child for short payment of fees or misbehaviour by parents by issuing Transfer Certificates (TCs) without the request of parents. “Section 16 of the RTE Act statutorily prohibits the school to expel children till the completion of elementary education. Hence, the action of the school in issuing TCs suo moto cannot be held to be justifiable. It is needless to observe that the payment of fees shall be subject to the result of the writ petition pending before the court, it said. Similarly, fees for the academic year 2019-2020, which was due in May 2019, has not been paid..