Telangana HC directs medical college to refund Rs. 3.32 lakh to student

The Telangana High Court has directed Guru Nanak Homoeopathic Medical College to refund Rs. 3.32 lakh to a student whose BHMS admission was cancelled after allotment. The court said she should not suffer financially after acting on the University’s allotment.

Legal Correspondent

Hyderabad: Justice Juvvadi Sridevi of the Telangana High Court has directed Guru Nanak Homoeopathic Medical College to refund Rs. 3.32 lakh to a student whose admission was cancelled after she had already been allotted a seat and permitted to pursue the course. The writ petition was filed by Done Shabari Priya, challenging the cancellation of her admission by the Kaloji Narayana Rao University of Health Sciences. She sought setting aside of the cancellation proceedings and, alternatively, a direction to refund the Rs. 3.32 lakh tuition fee paid by her. The petitioner had been allotted a BHMS seat in the Guru Nanak Homoeopathic Medical College under the Management Quota pursuant to an allotment letter issued by the University on October 27, 2025. Acting upon the allotment, she paid Rs. 3.32 lakh towards tuition fee and was permitted to pursue the course. Subsequently, the University cancelled her admission on January 23, 2026, stating that she had secured 128 marks in NEET against the required 144 marks. Counsel appearing for the petitioner, Baglekar Akash Kumar, submitted that even if there was an error in granting the allotment, the petitioner could not be made to suffer financially for the mistake committed by the respondents after she had acted upon the allotment and paid the entire tuition fee. The counsel accordingly sought refund of the amount paid by her. The respondents did not dispute that the petitioner had initially been allotted the seat and that her admission was subsequently cancelled on the ground of her NEET score. They left the matter to the discretion of the Court. Justice Sridevi observed that once the petitioner was allotted the seat by the University itself and was permitted to secure admission pursuant to the allotment, she ought not to be deprived of the amount paid by her when the admission was subsequently cancelled. The Court further observed that such cancellation could not result in unjust enrichment of the institution by allowing it to retain the tuition fee for a seat which the petitioner was ultimately not permitted to continue. The Court directed the respondent college to refund the entire Rs. 3.32 lakh tuition fee to the petitioner within six weeks from the date of receipt of the order.

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