Paid exam fees to Mangalore University but no hall ticket: Students allege harassment
Mangaluru: Students and parents have alleged that despite paying the examination fees, a college administration and Mangalore University are refusing to issue hall tickets, citing non-receipt of the fees. They claim that students are being pressured to pay the fees again.
Following a police complaint, the college administration has acknowledged receiving the payment but is now allegedly demanding the withdrawal of the complaint in exchange for issuing the hall tickets.
Speaking at a press conference in the city on Monday, Ayesha Apna, a second-year B.Sc. student of Food Nutrition and Food Technology at PA College, Konaje, detailed her ordeal. She explained that on November 18, she paid ₹3,200 as examination fees through the Unified University and College Management System (UUCMS) portal. The payment was successfully processed. However, the college administration later claimed that the fees for a total of 26 students, including her, had not been received and demanded repayment.
Upon further investigation, it was found that the payment status on the portal was marked as "initiated." A complaint was filed on December 3 at the Konaje police station, with copies forwarded to the Higher Education Minister, local MLA U.T. Khader, and the Police Commissioner.
After the complaint, the college administration allegedly pressured the students to withdraw it. On December 7, the portal updated the payment status to "success." However, even as of now, with semester exams scheduled for December 12, the hall tickets have not been issued, she alleged.
Advocate Saheed Baddoor, speaking on behalf of the students, accused the college administration of operating a systematic scam to extract additional fees from students. He urged the concerned authorities and the government to investigate the matter and ensure justice for economically weaker students.
Student Reshna Mishria and her father Abdul Khader K.H. were also present at the press meet.
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Another North Goa nightclub sealed; Kejriwal says corruption led to fire tragedy
Panaji (PTI): As part of a crackdown against tourist establishments violating laws and safety norms in the aftermath of the Arpora fire tragedy, Goa authorities on Saturday sealed a renowned club at Vagator and revoked the fire department NOC of another club.
Cafe CO2 Goa, located on a cliff overlooking the Arabian Sea at Vagator beach in North Goa, was sealed. The move came two days after Goya Club, also in Vagator, was shut down for alleged violations of rules.
Elsewhere, campaigning for local body polls, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal said the fire incident at Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub at Arpora, which claimed 25 lives on December 6, happened because the BJP government in the state was corrupt.
An inspection of Cafe CO2 Goa by a state government-appointed team revealed that the establishment, with a seating capacity of 250, did not possess a no-objection certificate (NOC) of the Fire and Emergency Services Department. The club, which sits atop Ozrant Cliff, also did not have structural stability, the team found.
The Fire and Emergency Services on Saturday also revoked the NOC issued to Diaz Pool Club and Bar at Anjuna as the fire extinguishers installed in the establishment were found to be inadequate, said divisional fire officer Shripad Gawas.
A notice was issued to Nitin Wadhwa, the partner of the club, he said in the order.
Campaigning at Chimbel village near Panaji in support of his party's Zilla Panchayat election candidate, Aam Aadmi Party leader Kejriwal said the nightclub fire at Arpora happened because of the "corruption of the Pramod Sawant-led state government."
"Why this fire incident happened? I read in the newspapers that the nightclub had no occupancy certificate, no building licence, no excise licence, no construction licence or trade licence. The entire club was illegal but still it was going on," he said.
"How could it go on? Couldn't Pramod Sawant or anyone else see it? I was told that hafta (bribe) was being paid," the former Delhi chief minister said.
A person can not work without bribing officials in the coastal state, Kejriwal said, alleging that officers, MLAs and even ministers are accepting bribes.
