Rashtriya Raksha University repeat exam fee rises from ₹200 per paper to flat ₹5,000

Rashtriya Raksha University (RRU), Gandhinagar - an Institution of National Importance under the Ministry of Home Affairs - has increased the fee for remedial or repeat examinations from ₹200 per subject to a flat ₹5,000 per semester cycle, irrespective of the number of backlog subjects..The revision was decided at the University's 32nd Academic Council Meeting in August 2025 and notified through the Promotion Policy for All Programs in September 2025. Clause P.5 of the policy states that the University shall charge a flat fee of ₹5,000 for appearing in the remedial or repeat examination, irrespective of the number of backlog subjects..Under the old structure, a student with one backlog paid ₹200 while a student with three backlogs paid ₹600. The new flat charge means that a student appearing in a single paper and a student appearing in multiple papers will both now pay the same ₹5,000.B.B.A. LL.B. students at RRU have been contesting the fee revision since November 2025. On November 18, 2025, they emailed the Student Support and Alumni Branch, the Dean, and the Registrar, with copies to the Vice-Chancellor, the Pro Vice-Chancellor and other senior officials, seeking the rationale for the increase and a detailed cost breakdown. They received no response.In January 2026, a student filed a statutory appeal before the University's Appellate Authority. That too went unanswered. He then filed a Right to Information (RTI) application asking for, among other things, the reasoned cost justification for the fee revision. In the reply that followed, the CPIO stated, "No such information available on record."Subsequently, students filed a representation before the University's Governing Body on March 24, 2026, invoking its power of review under Section 15 of the RRU Act, 2020. The representation asks it to quash Clause P.5 of the September 2025 Promotion Policy, direct the University to stop collecting the revised fee and refund amounts already collected from students who paid under the new structure, after adjusting for whatever fee is ultimately determined to be appropriate.Students argue that the ₹5,000 charge bears no rational nexus to the minimal administrative cost of conducting a repeat examination and contend it amounts to profiteering impermissible under the Supreme Court's ruling in Modern Dental College & Research Centre v. State of MP, which held that educational institutions cannot levy fees beyond what is justified by the cost of imparting education.