r/sir/madam
please help me!!!
i had taken admission in B.Tech at private engineering college in punjab in sept-2008. during my admission, the classes were already going on. but after one week i got selected in govt. engineering college & i surrendered my seat in private engineering college. i requested to college to refund my tution fee also the university under which that college is affiliated ordered college to refund my fee but college refused to refund my fee by saying that the seat left by me was not filled by any candidate. i again reqeusted them for refund of fee but i got the same answer. due to some family & personal problems it was difficult for me to file a case against the college.
but today i read an article "EDUCATING STUDENTS ON FEE REFUNDS" in THE TRIBUNE by PUSHPA GIRIMAJI in which it was stated that "In a recent case decided by the apex consumer court, the educational institution came up with two arguments. One was that the students (four of them had filed separate petitions) had given an undertaking forfeiting the fee in case they quit the course. Two, as per the guidelines issued by the Director, Technical Education, Haryana and the Haryana State Counselling Society, a student would be entitled to a refund only if a new student filled up the vacancy caused by the withdrawal of the first student. In this case, it had not happened. So on both these counts, the students were not entitled to any refund of the fee paid, the college argued.
The District Forum dismissed the first contention on the ground that such an undertaking was not legally binding. As far as the second argument was concerned, the forum pointed out that here, out of a total of 300 seats sanctioned to the college for different courses in the academic session 2008-09, the institution could forward a list of only 69 candidates for taking the university examination. Due to such large vacancies the institution had no waiting list of admission seekers"
so is it possible to file a case against the college now in consumer court and what will be procedure to file the case??
thanking in advance...
lukesh garg
