Rajasthan govt flags private colleges for charging higher MBBS fees under 15% 'unapproved' management quota

In a major crackdown on private medical colleges, the Rajasthan government has issued strict warning against unapproved 15% management quota seats and directed such institutes to only charge the fee authorised by the state-level fee regulatory. It also instructed colleges to refund the excess fee collected with 12% annual interest.

On the Rajasthan NEET UG counselling 2025 website, the Department of Medical Education found out that some private colleges advertised 15% seats as “management quota” and were demanding higher fees, which, it said, had not been approved by the State Fee Regulatory Committee.

As per the Supreme Court order dated August 14, 2003, in the case of Islamic Academy of Education vs State of Karnataka, a state-level fee regulatory committee was constituted by the departmental order dated October 29, 2003, to regulate fee structure in private medical colleges across Rajasthan.

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Rajasthan govt warns of cancelling affiliation

Taking these rules into view, the state government has issued seven-point directions to all private medical colleges. All private medical and dental colleges have been instructed to strictly follow the fee structure approved by the State Fee Regulatory Committee.

“No institution shall charge any additional amount other than the fees fixed by the committee. If any excess amount is collected from students, colleges must refund it with 12% annual interest to the concerned student,” the official statement read.

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The state government warned that affiliation with Rajasthan University of Health Sciences (RUHS) and Marwar Medical University (MMU) will be terminated if a college failed to refund the excess amount. Further, it will recover the amount from the institution’s movable and immovable property and return it to the students, the circular added.

In such cases, if a private medical college loses its affiliation, students admitted to the institute will be shifted to other medical colleges, and their financial burden will be recovered from the respective institution.

The medical education department will recommend punitive action against such colleges to the National Medical Commission (NMC) and Dental Council of India (DCI), it added.