Supreme Court has issued a notice returnable by 4 weeks on the Special Leave Petition (SLP) filed by the State of Tamil Nadu, after hearing arguments from P. Wilson, Senior Advocate representing the state. Wilson contended that under the Right to Education (RTE) Act,

The Supreme Court has issued a notice returnable by 4 weeks on the Special Leave Petition (SLP) filed by the State of Tamil Nadu, after hearing arguments from P. Wilson, Senior Advocate representing the state. Wilson contended that under the Right to Education (RTE) Act, central and state governments share concurrent responsibilities for funding education. He argued that the Madras High Court erred in ruling that only the state is primarily responsible for these expenditures. The Madras High Court directed the state to bear the entire financial responsibility for the 2025-2026 academic year, while it should have also directed the central government to contribute.

When Wilson pointed out that for the academic years 2021-2022 and 2022-2023, the central government failed to release Rs 342.69 crores, representing its 60% share for which the bench pointed out that suit filed by TN is pending.
since that period, the state has covered the entire expenditure, Mr Wilson argued.