Full fee promised, ₹35k delivered
Students say Congress govt paid only ₹35,000 against ₹1 lakh B.Tech fees despite sub-10,000 EAPCET ranks. Official scheme language is split between a ₹35,000 cap and a full-fee lane — the bit the government now needs to match to real students, not slogans.
Students say the promised reimbursement has not matched the fee demand.
Students at JNTU Hyderabad have alleged that the Congress-run state government credited only ₹35,000 towards their B.Tech tuition in 2024–25 and 2025–26, when their ranks should qualify them for full fee reimbursement. The Students Protection Forum (SPF) took the complaint to the university, naming three students with EAPCET ranks under 10,000 and calling for the balance to be paid. According to that account, ₹35,000 hit their scholarship ledger while tuition is ₹1,00,000 a year at JNTUH’s University College of Engineering, Science & Technology.
Two official documents explain why ₹35,000 shows up at all — and why it may not be the last word. The Telangana BC Welfare Department’s own page says the reimbursement for engineering is “fixed to maximum of ₹35,000” in the ordinary lane, but in the next breath says students with an EAMCET rank up to 10,000 are “reimbursed full fee fixed by the Engineering Institutes.” JNTUH’s 2025–26 fee notice records ₹1,00,000 as the annual tuition, with scholarship holders told to pay what their allotment order specifies.
That leaves one task the Congress government cannot dodge with a line about “old arrears”: show the sanction orders. If these named students are in the full-fee lane the department advertises, where is the balance beyond ₹35,000, and when will it reach the college or the student? If they are not, say so on record with the rule, not a shrug. SPF has a history of pushing JNTUH on fees and pending ePASS dues; the ball is in the government’s court to match its own scheme words to payments instead of blaming yesterday’s budget.
What we do not have yet: the students’ ePASS sanction details, caste/category, allotment orders, or treasury releases to prove the shortfall beyond the forum’s account. The rules are the government’s; the mismatch is the Congress government’s to explain — preferably before the next fee demand arrives with ₹1,00,000 typed on it.