Accused of contempt of high court orders, the Himalaya Ayurvedic Medical College, Dehradun, principal Anil Kumar Jha appear in the court on Monday.
However, the single bench of justice Sharad Kumar Sharma was not satisfied with his reply and has directed the director of the college to appear personally in the court on Tuesday.
According to the case details, on October 14, 2015 the state government had issued a government order increasing the fees in private Ayurveda medical colleges from Rs 80,000 to Rs 2.15 lakh.
This order was challenged by students of private Ayurveda colleges. On July 9, 2018, the single bench of the high court quashed the government order stating it to be in violation of Supreme Court orders. The court had also directed the private Ayurveda colleges to refund the increased amount of fee taken from the students.
This decision of the single bench was challenged by the association of private Ayurved medical colleges in the double bench. However, the double bench of the high court maintained the decision of the single bench, considering it to be correct. Despite this, the private Ayurveda colleges have not refunded the additional amount of fee they had taken from the students.
Considering this, college student Manish Kumar and others had filed a contempt petition in the high court. It was in this regard that the principal of the Himalaya Ayurveda Medical College had been directed to appear in the court.