mysore the district administration has decided to derecognize eight schools in the city for allegedly not adhering to the right to education rte act it had issued notices to 13 schools asking them to implement the provisions of the act now it is contemplating action against eight schools for allegedly not falling in line mysore zilla panchayat ceo p a gopal on friday said that the district administration which is empowered to derecognize erring schools is planning to initiate punitive action making known that it will go ahead to implement the provisions to ensure right to education gopal said some of the schools which have not followed the rules are prestigious ones which attract students from creamy layer of the society though they are well known they dont follow the rules it is sad speaking at an open discussion on rte organized by the zp and the department of public instruction gopal said that they had sent notices to 13 schools which had failed to admit children from economically weaker sections about 25 of the seats should be reserved for poor children but these schools have not adhered to the rule following the notices five schools have said that they will implement it from 201415 action will be initiated against the other either schools gopal stated adding that they want to ensure the scheme is a success in the cms native district according to ddpi h r basappa the dcheaded panel is following up the case seriously in case these schools dont allot seats as per the rte act they will face action and their recognition will be withdrawn he stated if the schools are defiant and continue offering education to only a select few they can be fined rs 1 lakh he stated he said that there are 456 schools in the district and 4486 seats are available for poor children in private schools this includes 2240 seats in class 1 those whose annual income is less than rs 35 lakh can apply for seats under rte the seats will be allotted in nearby schools the applications are available at block education offices beos and february 8 is the last date to apply the ddpi added