SC allows TN deemed univ to keep fee at ₹22L
Pushpa.Narayan@timesgroup.com
Chennai: 26.06.2018
Days after the Madras high court issued an interim order fixing fees for MBBS courses in deemed universities of the state at ₹13 lakh, the Supreme Court has allowed Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute to charge the fee it levied in 2017 (₹22 lakh) until the UGC fee committee finalises the fee structure. This would mean students will have to pay ₹50 lakh more for the course. Other deemed universities have also moved to court for similar orders.
Earlier this month, the HC had asked the fee committee constituted by the University Grants Commission to make an in-depth study and recommend the fees to be collected by deemed universities for MBBS. It directed the UGC to form the committee by June 30 and file a report within six weeks. As the admission process had begun, the students may now be admitted subject to payment of ₹13 lakh but will have to pay the balance if the sum fixed by the fee committee is higher, it said.
‘Would be unfair to students if they don’t know actual fees’
Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute moved the Supreme court and a vacation bench of Justice S Abdul Nazeer and Justice Indu Malhotra allowed it to charge the previous year’s fees for the current academic year from students being admitted to MBBS courses in 2018. “This will, however, be subject to the fees,which may be fixed by the Fee Fixation Committee as directed by the high court in the impugned order,” it said.
College registrar V Swaminathan said it would be unfair to allow students to join a college without telling them the actual fee. “If the committee hikes the fee after they join and students realise they can’t pay, they will be helpless. Seats in the college will be wasted too,” he said. Administrators of other deemed universities in the state agreed. Most said they were moving the Supreme Court for a similar order as the ₹13 lakh fee was too low to run the institution. Universities now charge up to ₹23 lakh a year as tuition fee. Many students say now higher ranked students from other states will not choose institutions in Tamil Nadu as the fee here has not reduced when compared to those states. “When the order first came, my fear was what if students from other states opt for seats in these colleges. Most deemed universities charge up to ₹25 lakh. Students may choose top colleges in TN because the court lowered the fee,” said S Rajeshwaran, father of an aspiring medical student.
Pushpa.Narayan@timesgroup.com
Chennai: 26.06.2018
Days after the Madras high court issued an interim order fixing fees for MBBS courses in deemed universities of the state at ₹13 lakh, the Supreme Court has allowed Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute to charge the fee it levied in 2017 (₹22 lakh) until the UGC fee committee finalises the fee structure. This would mean students will have to pay ₹50 lakh more for the course. Other deemed universities have also moved to court for similar orders.
Earlier this month, the HC had asked the fee committee constituted by the University Grants Commission to make an in-depth study and recommend the fees to be collected by deemed universities for MBBS. It directed the UGC to form the committee by June 30 and file a report within six weeks. As the admission process had begun, the students may now be admitted subject to payment of ₹13 lakh but will have to pay the balance if the sum fixed by the fee committee is higher, it said.
‘Would be unfair to students if they don’t know actual fees’
Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute moved the Supreme court and a vacation bench of Justice S Abdul Nazeer and Justice Indu Malhotra allowed it to charge the previous year’s fees for the current academic year from students being admitted to MBBS courses in 2018. “This will, however, be subject to the fees,which may be fixed by the Fee Fixation Committee as directed by the high court in the impugned order,” it said.
College registrar V Swaminathan said it would be unfair to allow students to join a college without telling them the actual fee. “If the committee hikes the fee after they join and students realise they can’t pay, they will be helpless. Seats in the college will be wasted too,” he said. Administrators of other deemed universities in the state agreed. Most said they were moving the Supreme Court for a similar order as the ₹13 lakh fee was too low to run the institution. Universities now charge up to ₹23 lakh a year as tuition fee. Many students say now higher ranked students from other states will not choose institutions in Tamil Nadu as the fee here has not reduced when compared to those states. “When the order first came, my fear was what if students from other states opt for seats in these colleges. Most deemed universities charge up to ₹25 lakh. Students may choose top colleges in TN because the court lowered the fee,” said S Rajeshwaran, father of an aspiring medical student.
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