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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK
A.K.MOHAPATRA
Bramhananda Nayak – Appellant
Versus
State of Odisha – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. petitioner's request and background. (Para 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5) |
| 2. opposite parties' position on fee refund. (Para 6 , 7 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12) |
| 3. court's reasoning on fee refund legality. (Para 13 , 14 , 15) |
| 4. court's directive for fee refund. (Para 16 , 17) |
JUDGMENT :
A.K. Mohapatra, J. :
1. The present writ petition has been filed by the petitioner seeking refund of the course fee along with accrued interest.
2. The petitioner, who is the young boy aged about 17 years in the present writ petition through his father guardian, has approached this Court by filing the above noted writ application with a prayer for a direction to the Opposite Parties to refund Course Fee along with interest, which has been deposited by the petitioner at the time of taking admission into Opposite Party Educational Institution. After taking admission, he did not continue study in the institution.
3. The factual matrix, in a nutshell, is that the petitioner on being duly selected to take admission into B.Sc. Information Technology and Management (ITM) course imparted by Revenshaw University, Cuttack for the academic session 2014-15 took admission on 12.07.2014 and was accordingly assigned the Rol
Educational institutions cannot impose non-refundable fees if students do not attend classes, as it contradicts principles of fairness and non-profit operation.
Educational institutions must adhere to guidelines on tuition refunds while considering individual circumstances.
Refund policies established by educational bodies prevail over institutional guidelines when addressing admission cancellations.
An educational institution can only charge prescribed fees for one semester/year and has no right to demand the remaining course fee if the student surrenders the seat before the last date of counsel....
No fee refund if student withdraws after admission closure without vacancy being filled per AICTE guidelines.
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