Maharashtra state commission dismisses student's complaint

MUMBAI: The Maharashtra State Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission dismissed an appeal filed by a Malad based MBA student who sought a refund of his first year fees after a management college in Andheri cancelled his admission to the second year.
The state commission accepted the institute's stand that he was irregular, repeatedly failed his exams and did not pay his second year fees on time.The student, Abhishek Shah had filed the complaint against Chanakya Institute of Management Studies and Research. He had paid Rs 1.60 lakh in 2007. Shah said that while he was awaiting his results for the first year, the institute kept asking for the fees for the next academic year. However in a letter sent in July 2008, the admission was cancelled.
The institute said that he failed in his exams, did not attend regularly and even arrived late for his exams. It further stated that Shah had assured the director that his performance would improve. However this failed to happen and he did not appear for two papers in the second semester and his attendence was also below the prescribed level. Shah also failed to pay the second year fees before the April 2008 deadline and hence his admission to the second year was cancelled. The district forum dismissed the complaint. Aggrieved he filed a complaint in the state commission in 2012. The commission upheld the decision of the forum said that Shah was responsible for the mess he got himself into.