‘Vid OBC students forced to pay open category fees by DU’

Nagpur: The other backward class (OBC) students from undergraduate to PhD from Vidarbha have demanded that the Delhi University (DU) charge them application fee as per SC/ST and SEBC category instead of bracketing them under open category.
As per Students Rights Association of India (SRAI), around 3,000 OBC students from Vidarbha have applied for different programmes at DU but have been forced to shell out Rs700 for application form.
Citing the last date for application is July 4, the association has sought early decision on its demand.
In a letter to DU vice-chancellor, SRAI president Umesh Korum said, “As the university has begun the process of online applications for UG and PG courses, it has come to our notice that there is discriminatory overcharging of fees from OBC students for online application process.”
“For undergraduate courses, the university is charging Rs100 from upper caste economically weaker students, while the OBC non-creamy layer students are being charged Rs250. This despite the fact that both EWS and OBC non-creamy layer students have same economic status — income below Rs8 lakh,” he said.
Similarly, for PG, the application fees for EWS students is Rs300, while Rs750 for OBC students, he said. The SRAI demanded that the DU refund the excess fees to OBC students who have already applied.