University imposed a fine regarding payment of fees

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User_6a87237b
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January 25, 2025 at 3:28 am

I’m currently a third year B.tech student.

We were informed to pay full fees of the current (6th) semester on 22nd of Jan 2025 otherwise there will be a penalty. The notice mentioned that if a student pays fees between 25th Jan 2025 – 31st Jan 2025 a penalty of ₹ 5000 will be applicable and if a student pays fees between 1st Feb 2025 – 12th Feb 2025, a penalty of ₹10000 is applicable.

Prior to this notice there was no such penalty system in first year and second year.
Including me, most students used to pay full fees of the semester by the end of each semester before the hall ticket of final exams were to be published.

We were not informed about this penalty system during the time of the admission and neither there is any information about it mentioned in the university code of conduct.

Even the notice about penalty was sent just 4 days before the deadline.

Is this legal?

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[Gauravowl366]

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Gauravowl366
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January 25, 2025 at 4:56 am

Why would you think its not legal?

Most likely, the recipient (in this case the educational institution) got a lot of students abusing the leeway and paying the fees only towards the end (ie just before issuing hall ticket for the final exams). Till that time, they had to use other available funds to pay the ongoing operational expenses. Was that legal/immoral on your (students’) behalf?

What if some section of students, after almost all the course-work is done, don’t pay the fees and thus don’t appear for the exam? Isn’t that wasted effort/infrastructure from the university? Who will compensate them for that?

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[User_6a87237b]

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User_6a87237b
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January 25, 2025 at 5:32 am

Shouldn’t they clarify everything regarding fees beforehand? Why is this being done in such short notice.

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[Gauravowl366]

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Gauravowl366
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January 25, 2025 at 5:45 am

when one signs up for a movie, do you pay the ticket price towards the end of the movie????

There’s an implicit expectation that for you to get a student id/roll number, and be allotted to classes, you will pay the due fees. Why is that so hard to accept?

Clarification need not be explicit (in this case).

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[Gauravowl366]

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Gauravowl366
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January 25, 2025 at 5:47 am

Also, remember that this was not the case for the first 2 years. Most likely, the abuse by you and fellow students has coerced the institute to put these fines in place.

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[Gauravowl366]

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Gauravowl366
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January 25, 2025 at 5:48 am

think of a different scenario: you pay the fees, and then the institute says no more seats available. Would you consider that fair? wouldn’t you be clamoring that “i have paid the fees, and so i should be guaranteed the seat”??

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