I'm one amongst many staunch follower of Anna Hazare, not because of his recent fame over the world, but right from his agitations thorough fast in Maharashtra 5 years ago.
This is my story on how i got my 500 rupees back from Corruption.
I have to acknowledge the support from MNVS (Maharashtra Navnirman Vidhyarthi Sena) and A third party contact with a marathi daily called as "Sakal"
It was the spring of 2009, the first time of "Online admissions" for FYJC (XIth Std) after SSC.
As we all know the hustle bustle of admissions for junior colleges which accompanies lot of corruption with it.
My sister, had "mistakenly" placed a Govt Un-aided College from Dombivali in her allotment list in the first round, and by sheer bad luck, she got admission there! :(
According to Govt rules, to be eligible for Second round, you have to secure admission in First round.
We did. Being a govt unaided college, it had hefty fees of 5500 rupees per year, which is quite high when it comes to junior college.
While paying fees, i inquired with the administrative staff about cancellation procedure and refund. They said "After cancellation, you will get refund after deduction of 10% of total fees, i.e 550rs.".
This is against the govt rules! It's 50rs which had to be deducted when admission is cancelled, irrespective of whatever form of college that is!
I told the rule, they still denied. I had to pay full fees to secure the admission.
In the mean time, i casually told my MNVS friend about this fact. We will do something about it after second round he said.
In second round, got admission to near by college. And i went there for refund.
The admission was cancelled, I reminded them the rules, and once my original documents were in hand, i threatened them to drag to the concerned authority. The principal was arrogant, she declined.
On the other hand the administrative staff pleaded and argued that "How will or college run then? Who will pay the staff?" I said, "That's not my business, if you cant run it, why open it?" i walked out.
It was time for some action. It was time for "Marathi Baana"
I called up my friend, and narrated the facts. He then forwarded this fact to the news editor. The eidtor called me up, verified my claims.
Next day, the news appeared in middle page of Sakal!!
I called the college authorities, and asked them to read the News and threatened them to give my money back. I said, "this time its newspaper, next time the letter would go directly to the concerned authority, and get ready for the action"
The operator was frightened, and immediately agreed to pay back 500rs.
I walked the next day into their premises, took my priced money, and asked them to pay everyone's money back if they approached and walked back home with pride!
This is my story on how i got my 500 rupees back from Corruption.
I have to acknowledge the support from MNVS (Maharashtra Navnirman Vidhyarthi Sena) and A third party contact with a marathi daily called as "Sakal"
It was the spring of 2009, the first time of "Online admissions" for FYJC (XIth Std) after SSC.
As we all know the hustle bustle of admissions for junior colleges which accompanies lot of corruption with it.
My sister, had "mistakenly" placed a Govt Un-aided College from Dombivali in her allotment list in the first round, and by sheer bad luck, she got admission there! :(
According to Govt rules, to be eligible for Second round, you have to secure admission in First round.
We did. Being a govt unaided college, it had hefty fees of 5500 rupees per year, which is quite high when it comes to junior college.
While paying fees, i inquired with the administrative staff about cancellation procedure and refund. They said "After cancellation, you will get refund after deduction of 10% of total fees, i.e 550rs.".
This is against the govt rules! It's 50rs which had to be deducted when admission is cancelled, irrespective of whatever form of college that is!
I told the rule, they still denied. I had to pay full fees to secure the admission.
In the mean time, i casually told my MNVS friend about this fact. We will do something about it after second round he said.
In second round, got admission to near by college. And i went there for refund.
The admission was cancelled, I reminded them the rules, and once my original documents were in hand, i threatened them to drag to the concerned authority. The principal was arrogant, she declined.
On the other hand the administrative staff pleaded and argued that "How will or college run then? Who will pay the staff?" I said, "That's not my business, if you cant run it, why open it?" i walked out.
It was time for some action. It was time for "Marathi Baana"
I called up my friend, and narrated the facts. He then forwarded this fact to the news editor. The eidtor called me up, verified my claims.
Next day, the news appeared in middle page of Sakal!!
I called the college authorities, and asked them to read the News and threatened them to give my money back. I said, "this time its newspaper, next time the letter would go directly to the concerned authority, and get ready for the action"
The operator was frightened, and immediately agreed to pay back 500rs.
I walked the next day into their premises, took my priced money, and asked them to pay everyone's money back if they approached and walked back home with pride!
