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As galore arsenic 31 backstage unaided engineering colleges successful the State are charging further fees from students by issuing circulars for the 2023-24, 2024-25 and 2025-26 batches, violating the G.O. Ms. No. 118 and earlier orders of the Supreme Court, claimed members of Parents Association of Andhra Pradesh (PAAP).
According to the G.O. Ms. No. 118 issued by the Higher Education (R.M) Department connected December 24, 2025, the yearly interest for each B. Tech. programmes shall proceed for students admitted during the artifact play of 2023-24 to 2025-26 till they implicit the programme. It besides prohibits the postulation of further fees.
“This G.O. has been issued connected the ground of the judgement of the AP High Court connected July 9, 2025. As per the judgments of the Supreme Court (Inamdar vs State of Maharashtra and Narayana Medical College vs State of AP), it is amerciable to alteration the fees for students who were admitted successful the erstwhile years successful the mediate of an world year,” said PAAP president S. Narahari.
“However, 31 colleges are issuing amerciable circulars successful usurpation of the authorities and tribunal orders. This is causing hardship to thousands of students, putting a dense fiscal load connected their parents. We request the authorities to levy good and cancel the support of the colleges that person violated the rules,” helium said.
Apart from demanding that the authorities instrumentality strict enactment against the absorption of 31 backstage engineering colleges, the PAAP subordinate besides wrote a missive to the AP Higher Education Regulatory and Monitoring Commission (APHERMC), requesting that it instantly contented a wide circular to each colleges crossed the State regarding specified violations.
Speaking to The Hindu, APHERMC Member-Secretary and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) D. Suryachandra Rao said, “The managements of fewer colleges are not communicating decently portion issuing circulars connected interest hike. While they are seeking the caller interest amounts, the parents are considering it arsenic exploitation owed to the further fees being charged.”
