Hyderabad: The Telangana high court on Friday refused to interfere in the penal action being initiated by the Intermediate board against 109 junior colleges in the state which have not complied with the fire safety norms in the last four years.
Though the state made it compulsory to implement fire safety norms, these junior colleges skipped it citing various reasons.
They also enrolled students even after the Inter board cancelled their affiliation. The board later imposed a hefty penalty of 1 lakh each for not having fire safety and also directed these colleges to pay 2,500 as exam late fee for each student.
Inter exams are scheduled to be held this March.
Additional advocate general Imran Khan said that the colleges were trying to link the penalty and exam late fee purposefully and delaying things till the last minute.
“They seek relief in the name of students whose lives they are endangering every day without keeping the safety equipment in place,” he said. Justice T Vinod Kumar directed the colleges to pay the penalty (1 lakh) for allowing students to write the exams even though their parents took admissions despite knowing that they did not have affiliation. However, in the case of exam late fee, the judge gave some relief by directing the colleges to show equivalent bank guarantees.
Though the state made it compulsory to implement fire safety norms, these junior colleges skipped it citing various reasons.
They also enrolled students even after the Inter board cancelled their affiliation. The board later imposed a hefty penalty of 1 lakh each for not having fire safety and also directed these colleges to pay 2,500 as exam late fee for each student.
Inter exams are scheduled to be held this March.
Additional advocate general Imran Khan said that the colleges were trying to link the penalty and exam late fee purposefully and delaying things till the last minute.
“They seek relief in the name of students whose lives they are endangering every day without keeping the safety equipment in place,” he said. Justice T Vinod Kumar directed the colleges to pay the penalty (1 lakh) for allowing students to write the exams even though their parents took admissions despite knowing that they did not have affiliation. However, in the case of exam late fee, the judge gave some relief by directing the colleges to show equivalent bank guarantees.
