The education inspectors and officers of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and various districts, who failed to take action against illegal/unauthorised schools in their respective zones, will now be named as co-accused in the criminal proceedings registered against such schools by the state government-formed task force. A notification in this regard was issued to all education officers and inspectors by Sandeep Sangave, deputy director of school education (Mumbai), on May 4.

Sangave’s order reads: “As mentioned in the orders/circulars issued from time to time by the commissioner (education) as well as at the directorate level, closure of schools, filing of FIRs, imposition of the financial burden on property documents (7/12) and shifting/relocating of students to other schools etc was required.