Supreme
Court stayed the recent directions of the AP High Court allowing
college managements to collect money from fee reimbursement
beneficiaries if the State government failed to pay the amount at the
time of admissions. Thousands of poor students allotted seats in MBA
and MCA colleges in the ICET counselling had not taken admissions so
far because of the earlier orders of the HC. With the latest Supreme
Court orders, they can take admissions for free and the managements
cannot insist on payment of fee.
Supreme
Court directed A.P government to pay 25%t of the total fee within 4
weeks of admission and another 25% in the next 4 weeks, remaining 50%
of the fee should be paid by the government within 4 months after the
completion of admission process and verification of certificates, said
the apex court. Supreme Court orders came as a relief to the students
and the college managements, the government is worried about paying the
entire fee amount within 4 months.
