P.Vijayakumar v. The Govt. Of Tamil Nadu

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 02.07.2025

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE S.M.SUBRAMANIAM and THE HONOURABLE DR.JUSTICE A.D.MARIA CLETE and W.M.P.(MD) No.8859 of 2019 P.Vijayakumar ... Petitioner -vs1.The Government of Tamil Nadu rep.by the Principal Secretary Department of Higher Education Fort St.George, Secretariat Chennai-600 009 2.The Director of Collegiate Education DPI Campus College Road, Nungambakkam Chennai-600 006 3.The Joint Director of Collegiate Education Chennai Region Chennai-600 015 4.The Joint Director of Collegiate Education Coimbatore Region Coimbatore-641 018 5.The Joint Director of Collegiate Education

Madurai Region Madurai-625 020 6.The Joint Director of Collegiate Education Trichy Region Trichy-620 002 7.The Joint Director of Collegiate Education Tirunelveli Region Tirunelveli-627 002 8.The Joint Director of Collegiate Education Vellore Region Vellore-632 006 9.The Joint Director of Collegiate Education Thanjavur Region Thanjavur-613 005 10.The Joint Director of Collegiate Education Dharmapuri Region Dharmapuri-636 705 11.The Chancellor of Universities Tamil Nadu Raj Bhavan, Guindy Chennai-600 022 12.University Grants Commission rep.by its Secretary Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg New Delhi-2 13.Agurchand Manmull Jain College Rep.by its Secretary Meenambakkam, Chennai-600 114 14.Loyolo College

rep.by its Secretary Nungambakkam Chennai-600 034 15.Jamal Mohammed College rep.by its Secretary Khaja Nagar Trichy-620 020 16.Ayya Nadar Janaki Ammal College rep.by its Secretary Srivilliputhur Main Road Sivakasi-626 124 17.Sarah Tucker College rep.by its Secretary Perumalpuram Tirunelveli-627 007 18.Sri Parasakthi College for Women rep.by its Secretary Courtallam-627 802 19.Holy Cross College rep.by its Secretary Trichy-620 002 20.Sri Kaliswari College rep.by its Secretary Virudhunagar Main Road Sivakasi-626 123 21.The American College rep.by its Secretary Tallakulam, Madurai-625 002

22.Lady Doak College rep.by its Secretary Tallakulam Madurai-625 002 ... Respondents PRAYER: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a writ of mandamus directing the respondents 1 to 12 to take stringent actions against the aided / unaided colleges in the State which are collecting excess application fee or tuition fee and the colleges which do not have website or have website with inadequate details.

For Petitioner :

Mr.M.Saravanan For Respondents :

Mr.P.Thilakkumar Government Pleader for R1 to R10 Mr.B.Vijay Karthikeyan for R12 Mr.K.K.Senthil for R15 Mr.N.Gurusamy for Mr.J.Barathan for R17 Mr.E.Marees Kumar for M/s.Ajmal Associates for R21 Ms.P.Nivithaa Jothi for M/s.Isaac Chambers for R19 & R22 No appearance for R11, R14, R16, R18 & R20

O R D E R

[Order of the Court was made by S.M.SUBRAMANIAM, J.] The writ on hand has been instituted seeking a direction to the respondents 1 to 12 to take stringent actions against the aided / unaided colleges in the State, which are collecting excess application fee or tuition fee, and the colleges, which do not have website or have website with inadequate details.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the petitioner has given a complaint against the colleges for collection of excess fee than that of the fee fixed by the Government for admission to the various courses.

3. Collection of excess fee is illegal and the Government is bound to initiate action in the event of receiving any complaint against such colleges. Since the learned counsel for the petitioner states that a complaint has been given specifically, the official respondents are directed to look into the complaint regarding allegation of collection of excess fee and if any such charge has been proved, then all appropriate actions are to be initiated against such colleges violating the provisions of the Act, Rules and Guidelines issued

by the Government in this regard.

4. With the above observation, this writ petition stands disposed of. No costs. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petition is closed. [S.M.S., J.] [A.D.M.C., J.] 02.07.2025 NCC :

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Yes / No krk To:

1.The Principal Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Fort St.George, Secretariat, Government of Tamil Nadu, Chennai-600 009.

2.The Director of Collegiate Education, DPI Campus, College Road, Nungambakkam, Chennai-600 006.

3.The Joint Director of Collegiate Education, Chennai Region, Chennai-600 015.

4.The Joint Director of Collegiate Education,

Coimbatore Region, Coimbatore-641 018.

5.The Joint Director of Collegiate Education, Madurai Region, Madurai-625 020.

6.The Joint Director of Collegiate Education, Trichy Region, Trichy-620 002.

7.The Joint Director of Collegiate Education, Tirunelveli Region, Tirunelveli-627 002.

8.The Joint Director of Collegiate Education, Vellore Region, Vellore-632 006.

9.The Joint Director of Collegiate Education, Thanjavur Region, Thanjavur-613 005.

10.The Joint Director of Collegiate Education, Dharmapuri Region, Dharmapuri-636 705.

S.M.SUBRAMANIAM, J.

and DR.A.D.MARIA CLETE , J.

krk and W.M.P.(MD) No.8859 of 2019 02.07.2025