Fake NOCs provided to three Pune schools, case registered

10 January,2023 05:12 PM IST |  Pune  |  PTI

Private schools need an NOC from the Maharashtra government`s education department if they wish to get affiliated to a board other than the state board.

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An offense has been registered against an unidentified person here for providing bogus no-objection certificates (NOCs) of the education department to three city schools.

Private schools need an NOC from the Maharashtra government's education department if they wish to get affiliated to a board other than the state board.

The state's education department had written to the deputy director of education that the NOCs provided by these schools were fake.

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"We received a letter from the education department stating that the NOCs had not been issued by their office. It asked us to probe the matter and file a police complaint," said an official.

A First Information Report (FIR) was registered with the Samarth police station in the city under sections 465 (forgery), 468 (forgery for cheating) and 471 (using as genuine a forged document ) of the Indian Penal Code against an unidentified person who provided the bogus NOCs, said a police officer.

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