Hyderabad, October 30: The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Saturday scrapped the new fee structure for the engineering colleges in the State proposed by the Fee Regulatory Committee.
Delivering its verdict on a batch of petitions filed by the managements of private engineering colleges, the High Court found fault with the recommendations made by the Fee Regulatory Committee which fixed Rs 30,200 for category ‘A’ seats and Rs 91,700 for category ‘B’ seat per annum as tuition fee. The court said that the government should follow uniform fee structure for both convenor and management quota seats.
“There should be no discrimination in fee structure for convenor and management quota seats for professional courses,” the bench remarked and rejected the recommendations of the Fee Regulatory Committee – 2010.
The court asked the government to fix fees for colleges based on the expenditure incurred by the colleges and grade given by NAAC. It asked the government to announce the new fee structure by next March.
Several private institutions have approached the High Court against the government’s proposal for fixation of Rs 30,200 as fee for the students to be admitted under the convenor quota. They said that it would be difficult for the private colleges to run the institutions with such a meagre fee. The private college managements have hailed the High Court judgement.
Meanwhile, the State Government has decided to challenge the High Court verdict in the Supreme Court.
——-Agencies