Madras HC pulls up Chennai engg college for withholding monetary aid of student
The petitioner had been made to suffer mental and monetary ordeal by the bank, which had not extended the moratorium period, for no fault of him.
The Madras High Court has rapped the management of Rajalakshmi Engineering College near Chennai for withholding the monetary aid provided by the government to a poor student thereby causing problems to him.
Due to the fact that Rajalakshmi Engineering College had held the money due to the petitioner for being reimbursed to a branch of Indian Bank, the petitioner/student was subjected to ignominy, in that he had been received notices both legally and also from the Lok Adalat and had been pestered to such an extent, as if he had flown away with the money.
The petitioner had been made to suffer mental and monetary ordeal by the bank, which had not extended the moratorium period, for no fault of him.
The petitioner could not claim extension of the moratorium, but definitely he was entitled to the amount from the college, which, if it had been reimbursed at the earliest, would not have resulted in the situation he had faced and also the resultant monetary loss in the form of interest and penal interest.
“The said sufferings of the petitioner definitely warrant compensation at the hands of the college towards interest for the amount being held by it, which was due to be paid to the petitioner towards reimbursement of the bank loan,” Justice M Dhandapani has said.
The judge directed Anna University and the Technical Education Commissioner to take appropriate action against the college for the wrongful withholding of the amount given towards financial assistance by the government.
College told to refund INR 60,000 fee to student
He directed the college to return the amount of Rs 60,000 (Rs 20,000 for each year) along with interest at 7.5 per cent per annum from the date of receipt of the amount by the college from the government till the date of payment to the petitioner.
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