Yuva Sena alleges 695 institutes got illegal fee hike nod; FRA says everything as per rules
According to the letter, the fee hikes were approved after the legally mandated date of Oct 31, in violation of Maharashtra Unaided Private Professional Educational Institutions (Regulation of Admission and Fees) Act, 2015, resulting in financial exploitation of students. Kalpesh Yadav, the president of Yuva Sena, demanded that all fee hike approvals granted after the official deadlines be immediately withdrawn.
He also requested FRA to instruct institutions to charge fees based on previous academic year's approved structure.
"The rules state that if FRA's decision is not acceptable to a college, it should file a re-application within 15 days, and FRA is expected to arrive at a decision before March 31. But this time, FRA extended the dates to apply for fee hikes multiple times after Oct 31, and the latest order asks colleges to apply before August 15 for any fee-related approval.
It is like they are encouraging colleges to apply, which is illegal, and we will move court if they don't reverse the decisions taken on applications after Oct 31," said Kalpesh Yadav, joint secretary, Yuva Sena.
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However, Arjun Chikhale, member secretary, FRA, said that there is a provision in law to give extensions to colleges to apply. "There is nothing illegal in the process of giving extensions, and FRA has the right to give extensions. We tried to explain all this to the complainant also. FRA has not done anything illegal."
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