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Telangana HC orders refund of Rs 3.32 lakh fee to student whose homoeopathy seat was cancelled over low NEET score
- Court
- High Court for the State of Telangana
- Date of judgment
- 22 September 2026
- Case
- WP/23426/2026
- Parties
- Done Shabari Priya Vs Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences
- Bench
- JUVVADI SRIDEVI
Summary
A student was allotted a BHMS seat under the management quota by the Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences and paid Rs 3,32,000 in tuition fees, but the university later cancelled her admission because her NEET score was 128 instead of the required 144. The High Court directed the college to refund the fee, without deciding whether the cancellation itself was valid.
What the court held
The Court held that, once the university itself allotted the seat and the student paid the fee, she should not lose that money when the admission is cancelled, as the college would otherwise be unjustly enriched. It directed Guru Nanak Homoeopathic Medical College (respondent 2) to refund the full Rs 3,32,000 within six weeks, expressed no opinion on the validity of the cancellation, and disposed of the writ petition without costs.
Key issues
- Can an institution keep tuition fees paid for a seat allotted by the university when the admission is later cancelled?
Provisions referred to
- Article 226 of the Constitution of India
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