<P> In September 2012, the Supreme Court subsequently declined a review petition on the Act . </P> <P> In May 2016, the Chetpet - based CBSE school Maharishi Vidya Mandir became embroiled in a scandal over its circumvention of the 25% quota rule . During its admissions cycle, the school told economically weaker parents "the RTE does not exist," and, "we do not take these (government RTE) applications ." The senior principal also informed the Tamil Nadu Regional Director of the CBSE that he intended to "reject applicants without an email address," thereby excluding technically illiterate parents from seeking admissions . In addition, school officials falsified the distance figures of several poorer candidates in attempts to disqualify them from availing of the scheme . </P> <P> The Act provides for admission of children without any certification . However, several states have continued pre-existing procedures insisting that children produce income and caste certificates, BPL cards and birth certificates . Orphan children are often unable to produce such documents, even though they are willing to do so . As a result, schools are not admitting them, as they require the documents as a condition to admission . </P>

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