In an order passed on 11-9-09, Mysore District Consumer Forum has fined the Principal of Mahajana P.U. College and the President of Mahajana Education Society for delaying the hall ticket to a student and causing him to miss the examination.
Preetham was a First P.U. student who did not pass the regular P.U.examination and appeared for the supplementary examination held in May 2009. He paid the exam fees but was not immediately given the hall ticket. The principal asked him to come on the morning of the examination, but the hall ticket was still not given. The student called his father and uncle but by the time, they argued with the principal and got the hall ticket issued, the exam was over. As a result of this delay, Preetham lost a year in his education.
Preetham filed a complaint before the Consumer Forum alleging deficiency is service by the principal and the president of MES. In their statements to the Forum, the principal and the president blamed each other. After going through the evidence and the statements of the parties, the Forum concluded that there was ample proof that there was a deficiency in service by both the defendants. It ordered the principal to pay Rs. 25,000 and the president, MES to pay Rs. 5,000 to the complainant for causing the loss of a year. The defendants were also ordered to pay Rs. 10,000 for the mental agony caused and Rs.2,000 towards the cost of proceedings.