Hyderabad, March 7 -- The Telangana government is planning to levy a professional tax on the 11,000-odd private unaided schools and their teaching staff with a view to boost revenues of the state.

School Education Director Naveen Nicholas issued orders a couple of days ago to all the District Education Officers (DEO) to oversee the collection of property tax from private schools and their teaching staff, cautioning them that failure to collect the tax will attract disciplinary action.

He also warned that private unaided institutions not paying professional tax will face legal action.

Nicholas stated that as per the Telangana Professional Tax Act, 1987, all employees engaged in the education profession and various business professions n...