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College Ordered to Pay MBBS Graduate Rs 2.40 Lakh
A former medical student asked a college to return money he had paid as refundable deposits.
He said he had lost the original receipt but gave the college a copy and an affidavit explaining what happened.
The college refused to pay without the original.
The consumer commission said that, in this case, losing the original receipt was not enough reason to keep the money.
It noted that other students had received refunds and that the college had not shown the student owed it money.
The commission ordered the college to return Rs 2.25 lakh.
It also ordered Rs 10,000 for the trouble he experienced and Rs 5,000 for legal costs.
Altogether, the payment ordered was Rs 2.40 lakh.
A Rohtak consumer commission ordered a private medical college to pay a former MBBS student Rs 2.40 lakh in total.
The student said he paid Rs 2.25 lakh in refundable security and library deposits in 2012.
After his college closed, he was shifted to another medical college in Hisar and completed his degree and internship in 2019.
The college refused a refund because he could not produce the original receipt, although he provided a copy and an affidavit about its loss.
The commission ordered Rs 2.25 lakh in refunds, Rs 10,000 in compensation and Rs 5,000 for litigation expenses.
- Who
- A former MBBS student and a private medical college; the case was heard by the Rohtak consumer commission.
- What
- The commission ordered the college to pay Rs 2.40 lakh, including refundable deposits, compensation and litigation expenses.
- Where
- The case was heard in Rohtak, Haryana; the student completed his studies at a college in Hisar.
- When
- The student completed his MBBS and internship in January 2019. The commission's order was dated September 24; the article does not specify the year.
- Why
- The college withheld the refundable deposits because the student could not provide the original receipt. The commission found that the missing receipt alone did not justify denying the refund when other documentary evidence was available.
Student and commission
College
Whether the missing original receipt justified withholding the refund
Student and commission
The student sought repayment using a copy of the receipt and an affidavit stating that the original was lost. The commission held that, given the available evidence and circumstances, the missing original alone was not sufficient reason to deny the refundable amount.
College
The college argued that it could not refund the security without the original receipt and said students had been instructed to submit original fee receipts.
Whether the deposits remained refundable
Student and commission
The commission noted that the amounts were refundable, that similarly situated students had received refunds, and that the college had not shown the student's money had been used for a lawful liability.
College
The college said it was non-functional and maintained that the refund could not be made without the original receipt.
Key facts
- Refundable security deposit
- Rs 2 lakh
- Refundable library security
- Rs 25,000
- Compensation
- Rs 10,000 for mental agony and harassment
- Litigation expenses
- Rs 5,000
- Total ordered payment
- Rs 2.40 lakh
- Deposit date
- September 15, 2012
- Commission order date
- September 24; year not stated in the article
Quotes
Rohtak consumer commission
The consumer commission hearing the former MBBS student's complaint
“The documents placed on record further show that even some students who subsequently submitted their receipts were thereafter granted refund.”
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