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15 of 51 CWP No.7409-2020 and other connected cases -16- and service. More than 75 per cent of the Indian workforce earn their livelihoods in the informal or un-organised sector, and for them, a stoppage of economic activity in the Medium, Small and Micro sectors has resulted in an immediate loss of livelihood and the means of sustenance.

(b) The assessment of the balance sheet of the unaided schools would reveal that the most of the unaided schools are sitting over the surplus money in crores. Therefore, the financial status of each school should be the basis for taking a rational and balanced decision regarding allowing waiver/charging/quantum of school fee by unaided schools. Many of the parents who are temporary workers in the private sector, some are working as junk dealers, electricians, shopkeepers etc. depending on their day to day earning. In case of a lockdown and a partial lock down, there is no activitiy in the wholesale market and that is going to affect the market and there is no job for the daily workers. The parents got admitted their wards in the schools as per their income prior to lockdown and at present their income is badly affected due to COVID-19 pandemic and helpless to meet daily expenditure of day to day life and have no money to pay fee of the schools. Internet connectivity and network issue is also there especially in villages and almost all the parents alongwith their families have been migrated to the village due to loss of their jobs and businesses in the cities.