Question : Refund of Fees by Delhi University

(a) whether Delhi University had not announced neither uploaded in its website the specific last date
for withdrawal/ cancellation of admission for the academic year 2017- 18 which must be declared to
make the candidates/students aware for the purpose of refund of fees in case of withdrawal of
admission, if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
(b) whether the Government is aware that in the absence of such declaration of last date for
withdrawal/cancellation of admission, Delhi University has received complaints regarding nonappearance
of names in the list of candidates entitled for refund of fees due to non-declaration of the
said specific last date;
(c) the details of such complaints received college-wise especially from Ramanujan College;
(d) whether Delhi University proposes to take action against the erring officials for such lapses, if
so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
(e) whether Delhi University proposes to include the names of such candidates in the list of
candidates in its website for refund of fees who have filed such complaints for withdrawal/
cancellation of admission and if so, the details thereof?

Answer given by the minister

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
(DR. SATYA PAL SINGH)
(a) to (e) University of Delhi (DU) has reported that it has announced the last date of
admission to the UG/PG courses for the academic year 2017-18 in the respective Bulletin of
Information issued and uploaded on the website of the University. The extension of the last date in
case of admission to UG courses was notified vide notification dated 21.08.2017 and was also
uploaded on the website of the University. The policy pertaining to cancellation of admission and
refund of fee was part of the Bulletin of Information for the session 2017-18 as Annexure-X and the
same was available on the website of the University at the following URL :
http://www.du.ac.in/du/uploads/Admissions/2015/ug/30062015 Notification.pdf
http://www.du.ac.in/du/index.php?mact=News,cntnt01,detail,0&cntnt01articleid=17409&cntnt
The University has received representations from the candidates in this regard. These
representations are addressed as per the University rules and about 16,000 refund cases have
already been processed for refund of the fee.
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