MUMBAI: Now the BMC Education department has lodged against the managements of seven unauthorised primary schools operating in the Trombay area despite repeated closure notices issued by the Education Department.According to the complaint filed at Trombay Police Station by Mohammad Irfan Shah (44), Section Inspector in the Private Primary Schools Department of the BMC, the civic body’s survey for the 2025-26 academic year identified 164 unauthorised primary schools across Mumbai. Of these, seven schools fall within the jurisdiction of Trombay Police Station.The schools named in the complaint are New Akash English School, Ekvira Vidyalaya English School, Abhinav English School, Universal English School, Peace Public School, Trombay Hindi School and Queen Marriage English School, all located in Mankhurd and Trombay.The complainant stated that the Education Department, acting on directions issued by the Directorate of Education, Maharashtra and with authorisation from the Education Officer of the BMC, had served notices to the principals and secretaries of the schools in February and March 2026.The notices directed them to shut down the institutions or submit valid government recognition documents within seven days.However, the schools allegedly neither furnished any explanation nor obtained government approval and continued operations in violation of the notices, the complaint states.Based on the complaint, police have registered an offences against the officials including the principals, secretaries and directors of the seven schools under Section 223 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Section 18 of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009. The BMC has also submitted copies of the notices and other documents as evidence, while original records will be produced during the investigation.
