AKHIL BHARDWAJ Vs. SECRETARY OF HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The petitioner seeks return of his fee and other charges amounting to Rs. 97,500/- as he has discontinued from P.G.D.M. Course and has taken admission in the MBA course of Punjab Agriculture University, Ludhiana.

(2.) On 12.4.2010, the petitioner obtained admission in Apee Jay Svran Institution of Management, Rama Mandi, Hoshiarpur Road, Jalandhar. On demand, he deposited a sum of Rs. 97,500/- by way of bank draft as fee. The petitioner had also applied for admission to the MBA Course at Punjab Agriculture University, Ludhiana, where he was also granted admission. The petitioner visited respondent No.3-Institution and requested for refund of fee. Despite assurance, respondent No.3 did not refund the fee.

(3.) As averred in the petition, respondent No.3 had started P.G.D.M. Course having 60 seats. As per the petitioner, the response to the said course was very poor and 5 to 6 students opted out of this course. Initially also, only 11 students had been admitted to this course, out of which 5 to 6 have already withdrawn. The petitioner accordingly would plead that the plea of seats having remained vacant after it being left by the petitioner would be meaningless in the facts and circumstances of this case. The petitioner states that he belongs to very poor family and his parents have deposited this huge sum of fee after stretching their resources and can not bear this heavy loss. He has accordingly filed this petition to seek refund of his fee.