Paving the way for a stormy admission season, the fee regulatory committee has cracked down on 41 erring professional colleges in the state. They have been `blacklisted' for not parting with audit reports and details of their income and expenditure.
Students seeking admission to these defaulting colleges will pay the lowest fee structure in that category next year. The committee will also write to regulatory bodies like the All-India Council for Technical Education, Dental Council of India and Medical Council of India to take disciplinary action against these institutions.
The five-member fee regulatory committee headed by Justice (retd) B Padmaraj has bracketed 16 engineering, 10 ayurveda, nine dental, four medical and two homoeopathy colleges as deliberate defaulters for failing to furnish details of their accounts and proposed fee structure until 2014.
Of these, 12 are in Bangalore, including Vydehi Institute of Dental Sciences (Bangalore), S Nijalingappa Medical College (Bagalkot), East-West Institute of Technology (Bangalore) and Bangalore Institute of Technology (Bangalore).
The decision has angered a section of the colleges with principals planning to drag the panel to court. "Some years ago, when we submitted all details to another fee fixation committee, no action was taken. Instead, the government decided to go for a uniform fee structure. This time, we took a conscious decision not to reply to the notice issued by the regulatory committee. Let them decide on the fee and then we will plan legal action," principal of Nitte Mahalinga Adhyantha Memorial Institute of Technology (Nitte), S Y Kulkarni, told TOI.
The committee had asked all unaided professional colleges in July to submit details of the proposed fee structure, audited books of accounts, plans, budget and schemes by August 16. Inspite of two reminders, several colleges deliberately breached the deadline. "We have a team of chartered accounts who will go through the balance sheets before fixing a fee structure for every college. Each and every college that has submitted the details is being called for a personal appearance before the committee. By February 2011, the fee structure is likely to be out," a member of the regulatory committee said.
The current fee structure for seats filled in unaided colleges through CET is Rs 42,500 a year for medical and Rs 32,500 for dental courses. In case of engineering colleges, the fee was Rs 18,090 or Rs 33,090 depending on the rank and parental income. Ayurveda and homoeopathy students paid Rs 28,590 per year.
Source:TNN
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