Dhaka: High Court postponed 7.5 per cent Value Added Tax (VAT) imposed on the tuition fees at English medium schools for six months.

The court on Thursday also issued a rule on government asking as to why 7.5 per cent VAT imposition on English medium school fees would not be illegal.

A HC bench comprising Justice Shamim Hasnine and Justice Mohammad Ullah issued the order after concluding a primary hearing on a writ filed by two guardians of English medium students.

The apex court asked education secretary, Internal Resources Division (IRD) secretary and National Board of Revenue (NBR) chairman to respond the writ.

Shahedin Malik administrated the hearing on behalf of the writ petitioners while prosecution’s lawyer was deputy attorney general Shashanka Shekhar Sarker.

Earlier, the students and guardians formed human chain at the Sathmashjid road of Dhanmondi protesting the VAT imposition on tuition fee at English medium schools.

Recently, the students of private universities took to the street protesting 7.5 per cent VAT imposition on the tuition fee. After a week-long protest and road block, government decided to withdraw VAT from private universities, medical colleges and engineering colleges.