India, May 4 -- Bright Way Inter College, a private educational institution located in Lucknow's Jankipuram area, was found to have hiked fees in different classes by a margin ranging from 5% to 25% this academic session (2026-27)-in gross violation of UP government's fee regulation law-during an inspection recently by an inquiry committee formed last month.

Following the inspection by the committee comprising the additional city magistrate, Lucknow, and the principal of the Government Girls' Inter College, Indira Nagar, Lucknow, district inspector of schools Rakesh Kumar sent a notice to the school on April 29 giving it three days to submit its reply.

The Uttar Pradesh Self-Financed Independent Schools (Fee Regulation) Act, 2018, manda...