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1. Heard the parties.

2. The present batch of cases, during the course of arguments, it has been pointed out by Mr. Anshuman Singh, learned counsel appearing for the Union of India that the right of children to free and compulsory Education Amendment Act, 2017 was notified on 9th August, 2017 which added up proviso to Section 23 (2) of the Act of 2009 as under:-

3. The proviso came into effect from the date of commencement of the Amendment Act, 2017. As per the said Gazette Notification dated 9th August, 2017, the Amendment Act of 2017 came into force on 1st of April, 2015. Accordingly, the four years have been computed from 1st April, 2015 and therefore in the letter issued to the State Government by the Central Government on 3rd August, 2017, the cut of date was notified as 31.03.2019.