AU hostel inmates not clearing hostel dues stopped from appearing in exams

Prayagraj: The authorities of Allahabad University have forbidden those students from appearing in the upcoming exams who haven’t paid dues for staying back at the hostel at the time when the hostels were officially closed and non-functional due to the pandemic.
The university administration has prepared a list of such inmates and asked them to deposit their fine failing which they would be forbidden from appearing in the exams.
The notification from the controller of examination (CoE) stated, “Several lists of students from the hostel authorities and the dean of student welfare (DSW) have been received in the office of CoE. The names of students who have not paid hostel dues are included in the lists. The students are required to pay their hostel dues and procure a certificate of the same from the hostel authorities and submit it to the DSW office. It will then be forwarded to the CoE office.”
The notification also mentioned that the students who fail to do so would not be allowed to appear in the forthcoming examinations. “The results or degrees of such students would not be issued as per the registrar’s notification dated August 5. Hence, it is advisable that students must pay their dues as soon as possible,” said AU PRO Jaya Kumar.
Earlier, in January this year, AU authorities had decided to allow inmates, who have forcibly occupied their rooms when the hostels were yet reopen formally, to stay in the allotted rooms after paying a penalty of Rs 5,000 per month. However, despite giving several warnings to the inmates, the university administration failed to realise the fine from such students.
Meanwhile, the student leaders who are part of the ongoing agitation on campus over the issue of reinstating the students’ union at AU, said that the students living in hostels have been asked to deposit dues for the period when the entire country was under lockdown. “In such an emergency, the inmates stayed wherever they got shelter. The imposition of a fine on the inmates shows the mental bankruptcy of the university administration,” said Ajay Yadav Samrat.