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School books and uniforms in Gurgaon

In Gurgaon the school usually hands you a list and the name of a depot, often with a stall on campus in March. Haryana’s rule is clear that you don’t have to buy there.

What the rules say in Gurgaon

Under the Haryana School Education Rules, 2003, Rule 158:

Any shop will do

No school in Haryana can make a child buy books, workbooks, stationery, shoes, socks or uniform only from a shop it recommends.

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Five years per uniform

A school can't change its uniform before five academic years have passed.

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Real fines

The divisional Fee and Fund Regulatory Committee can fine a school up to ₹30,000, ₹50,000 or ₹1 lakh (primary, middle, senior) for a first breach, double that for a second, and recommend taking away its recognition after a third.

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And for CBSE schools anywhere:

Schools aren't shops

CBSE says affiliated schools must not push parents to buy books, notebooks, uniforms, shoes or bags on campus or from chosen vendors.

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The book list is public

Every CBSE school has to post its prescribed book list on its website.

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Buy genuine NCERT books

Fake NCERT books turn up in NCR every season. In November 2025 CBSE asked schools to tell parents to buy only from NCERT's own outlets, vendors on the NCERT website, or NCERT's Amazon store.

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Where people buy

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Sadar Bazar, Old Gurugram

Old Gurugram

The old city market has a cluster of book depots selling school textbooks. Raids here in 2023 found fake NCERT books, so check the watermark and ask for a bill.

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Stationery

DLF Galleria

DLF Phase 4

Stationery shops on the first floor, good for everyday pens, paper and project bits.

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Shops we have checked

No shops checked here yet. We list a shop only after visiting it, phoning it or finding it on a school's own vendor list. Run one? Send us your details.

Uniforms

There is no uniform market as such: each school’s uniform is made by one or two tailors or shops, and the school tells you who they are. Ask the school for the exact specification (colour code, fabric, logo). With that, any good tailor can make it, and the rules say the design can’t change for five years.

If the school insists

  1. Ask the school for the book list and shop list in writing. The rules say it should already be on the school's website. Often that alone settles it.
  2. Fee and Fund Regulatory Committee of your division. Chaired by the Divisional Commissioner. It has three months to finish its inquiry, and either side can appeal. Source
  3. For a CBSE school, also the board. CBSE Regional Office, Panchkula (all of Haryana). Addresses

Keep copies of the circular, the receipt and any message from the school. Complaints with dates and papers move faster.