Fees Refund: The university did not refund the fees on cancellation of admission, now the entire money will have to be returned along with interest

If I cancel my admission can I get a refund? The District Consumer Commission has held Noida’s Amity University guilty of deficiency in service during the hearing of a case. The commission has ordered the university to return the fee of Rs 1.81 thousand along with 6 percent interest within 30 days. Apart from this, the university will also have to pay Rs 5,000 as litigation expenses.

Amity University Fees Refund: Understand the whole matter?

In fact, a student who took admission in B.Tech course had deposited a fee of Rs 2.02 lakh for the entire semester. Classes could not start due to the third wave of Corona. In such a situation, the family demanded the money back from the university administration, but the management refused. After this, the aggrieved party approached the District Consumer Commission.

According to the information, Dharmendra Kumar Tiwari, a resident of Rajnagar Part-2, is a colonel in the Indian Army. his/her daughter Nupur Tiwari took admission in B.Tech in Noida Amity University on 13 September 2021. On 23 August 2021, she deposited the fees by paying Rs 2.02 lakh for the entire semester through NEFT. The course could not start due to the third wave of the Covid 19 pandemic.

The university proposed to run the course in virtual mode and physical mode. There were chaos due to Covid. Due to this, the family decided to take the student out of the university. On 14 December 2021, the admission was cancelled and the money was demanded back from the university. The university refused to refund the fees. Whereas there was a provision to refund the entire fee if the student’s admission was cancelled by 31 October and to refund the remaining fee after deducting one thousand rupees if the admission was cancelled by 31 December.

What is UGC Fees Refund Policy?

As per the instructions of UGC, the student is entitled to get Rs 2.01 lakh. The victim filed a case in the district consumer commission. The matter was heard in the commission. The university presented its side during the hearing. They said that the university rules are followed for refund of fees. The commission does not have the jurisdiction to hear the case. If a student withdraws after 30 days of admission, then no fees will be refunded except the security. The commission has considered it a violation of UGC guidelines. As per UGC guidelines, Rs 1000 should have been deducted and the remaining amount should have been refunded.