Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy on Friday said the Madras High Court order fixing an interim fee of ₹10 lakh for postgraduate seats in Deemed Universities had vindicated his government’s stand that it had no role to play in fixing the fees for such institutions.
While fixing the interim fee, the Court in its order had directed the University Grants Commission and Union Ministry of Human Resource Development to constitute a separate committee to fix the fee structure for Deemed Universities, Mr. Narayanasamy said addressing a late evening press conference.
The Court had not asked the Puducherry government or the Fee Committee, which fixed the fee for private medical colleges, to fix the fee for Deemed Universities.
The Court had “not made any adverse” remarks against the government or the Centralised Admission Committee (Centac) on the admission process, he said.
In fact, the Court had entrusted the responsibility of collecting the demand draft of ₹10 lakh from the students and handing over it to the Universities, he added.
The Chief Minister said the Court order had proven that the charges levelled against the government and Centac were false.
“If the Lt. Governor has no trust in the government, she should leave Puducherry,” he said.
Mr. Narayanasamy said he had convened a meeting of Centac officials and taken steps to admit the students in universities before June 19 as directed by the Court.
