New Delhi (ILNS): The Allahabad High Court has said that medical colleges do not have the right to charge more than the fees fixed by the Fee Determination Committee.
The Court, while sending the matter of fee increase by Muzaffarnagar Medical College and Hospital to the Fee Assessment Committee, has ordered the students of PG course to appear before the committee on October 15, at 11 am. And the committee has been directed to take a decision before November 9 in the matter of excess fees.
The Court has said that till then harassment proceedings should not be taken against the students for depositing fees.
The order was passed by a division bench of Justice Shashikant Gupta and Justice Pankaj Bhatia while disposing of the Petitions of Dr Sakshi Mittal and 26 other PG students.
The Petitioners said that they have deposited the additional fees along with the fees for two years. The college management is taking action to collect the fees for the third year.
Petitioner says that the fees deposited in excess of the committee’s prescribed fees should be adjusted towards the third year fees. The Petitioners have deposited the hostel fee of Rs 5 lakh, which has been increased to Rs 12, 88,000 and is being forced to pay an additional fee of Rs 7,88,000 thousand.
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The Petitioners are PG course students and ready for duty for Covid Patients. The Petitioners said that on July 3, 2019, the Director General Medical Education has instructed the colleges not to harass the students for fees. Despite this, on June 5, 2020, the college is pressuring them to deposit fees.
The High Court had also directed the Director General of Medical Education to take a decision on 23 August 2018. Which has not been decided, the Additional Advocate General also said that the Government order will not be allowed to become a waste paper. Only fixed fees can be taken under the law.
-India Legal Bureau