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Bench cracks the whip on private colleges

MADURAI: Of late, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has been cracking the whip against private colleges that admit unqualified students and subsequently leave them in a lurch when the affiliated universities refuse to approve such admissions.

Justice K. Chandru on Tuesday directed an engineering college at Dindigul to repay the fees collected from a student, who had completed one year of Bachelor of Engineering (Information Technology), without studying mathematics as a subject in his higher secondary class.

The money should be repaid with an annual interest at the rate of six per cent from August 28, 2006.

Nevertheless, the judge dismissed the writ petition filed by the student seeking a direction to allow him continue the engineering course as it would amount to interfering with academic matters.

Replying to the petition, the college submitted that he was given provisional admission, owing to “pressure” from its management, subject to approval of the Directorate of Technical Education.

To this, Mr. Justice Chandru said: “Such an action on the part of the 4th respondent (college) is highly reprehensible and only with a view to collect finance, it cannot mislead the innocent students and give them admission in B.E. courses. Unless the colleges inform the students properly at the time of admission, gullible students, like the petitioner will be taken for a ride.”

In a similar case, the judge last week reprimanded a teacher training college at Melur near here for admitting an unqualified 35-year-old woman, who had obtained a degree through Open University system, into Bachelor of Education course. He directed this college also to repay Rs. 30,000 collected towards fee with six per cent interest.

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