A Premier institute in Tamil Nadu, Anna University has informed the Madras High Court that it had collected exam fees in accordance with the actual expenditure incurred for conducting the exams. The University explained it has not collected high fees. The university also said that it would suffer a major financial crisis if not permitted to collect a fee for cancelled exams. 

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Registrar of the university L Karunamoorthy in his reply to the court said, “Nearly 4 lakh students appear for the exams for which the university would incur Rs 37.11 crore towards conducting the exams and declaring results. The entire process for the examination started much earlier than the cancellation order issued by the state.” Justice Anand Venkatesh who heard the batch of pleas put forward by the students seeking to curb on the university from demanding a fee for cancelled exams received the reply from the university. 

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In the detailed reply to the court, the University has given the figures that while Rs 126.10 is the cost of each answer paper, only Rs 150 is collected from the students for each subject. "Registering for examination is mandatory for a student according to the regulations. Students who have remitted the exam fee are only entitled to claim for their results," said the registrar. The court recorded the submissions adjourned the plea to November 19.

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