Cap med fees in deemed univs: PIL
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Chennai
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
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`Univs Fudge Records For Profit'
Charging deemed
universities with concealment and falsification of financials, a PIL in
Madras high court has sought fixing of a fee structure for medical
courses offered by deemed universities in Tamil Nadu.
It wanted the
court to pass an order of interim injunction restraining the government
and fee fixation committee, from conducting any procedure for admission
for undergraduate, post-graduate, diploma courses and super-specialty
medical courses, besides dental courses, offered by deemed universities
in Tamil Nadu.
Though no injunction was granted, the first bench comprising Chief Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice M Sundar, before which a PIL from Jawaharlal Shanmugam came up for admission on Wed nesday , impleaded all the 10 deemed universities in the state as respondents, and issued notices to them for filing their responses by July 17.
The PIL said deemed universities offering medical courses were operating with the sole intention of amassing wealth through unfair means, and added that profiteering had become their sole objective.
He said that for the purpose of calculating tuition fee, the entire income of the medical college and its teaching hospital should be taken into consideration. Mere expenses alone should not be taken into account, he said, adding that income tax department was aware of the `concealment and falsification of financials' of deemed universities, and the fact that what the deemed universities had revealed would not be the true picture.
Jawaharlal Shanmugam further said though a few private medical colleges offered high quality education at an affordable cost, largely it had become a tool to establish a big empire and expand into diverse business activities, keeping the deemed university as the driving force.
“The exorbitant tuition fees charged per annum goes against the very principle and objective of running a charitable educational institution,“ he said.
Giving comparative data on marks and fee structure for various deemed universities, he said exorbitant tuition fees running to several lakhs of rupees were charged by private medical colleges and deemed universities, and that they were beyond the reach of any common meritorious candidate.
The real merit-based admission even through NEET would have no meaning if the fee structure is not regulated, he said, adding: “The very objective of NEET-based merit admission is itself getting defeated in the context. Deemed universities are all managed by highly influential people with enormous political clout,“ he said.
Though no injunction was granted, the first bench comprising Chief Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice M Sundar, before which a PIL from Jawaharlal Shanmugam came up for admission on Wed nesday , impleaded all the 10 deemed universities in the state as respondents, and issued notices to them for filing their responses by July 17.
The PIL said deemed universities offering medical courses were operating with the sole intention of amassing wealth through unfair means, and added that profiteering had become their sole objective.
He said that for the purpose of calculating tuition fee, the entire income of the medical college and its teaching hospital should be taken into consideration. Mere expenses alone should not be taken into account, he said, adding that income tax department was aware of the `concealment and falsification of financials' of deemed universities, and the fact that what the deemed universities had revealed would not be the true picture.
Jawaharlal Shanmugam further said though a few private medical colleges offered high quality education at an affordable cost, largely it had become a tool to establish a big empire and expand into diverse business activities, keeping the deemed university as the driving force.
“The exorbitant tuition fees charged per annum goes against the very principle and objective of running a charitable educational institution,“ he said.
Giving comparative data on marks and fee structure for various deemed universities, he said exorbitant tuition fees running to several lakhs of rupees were charged by private medical colleges and deemed universities, and that they were beyond the reach of any common meritorious candidate.
The real merit-based admission even through NEET would have no meaning if the fee structure is not regulated, he said, adding: “The very objective of NEET-based merit admission is itself getting defeated in the context. Deemed universities are all managed by highly influential people with enormous political clout,“ he said.
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