Chandigarh, April 17 -- The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission-I has directed the Joint Admission Committee (JAC), Delhi, and Delhi Technological University (DTU) to refund Rs.95,000 to a student from Khudda Lahora after he was denied admission despite completing formalities, holding the authorities guilty of deficiency in service.

The complaint was filed by Dipesh Kumar, a resident of Khudda Lahora, who had secured 94.77 percentile in JEE Main exam 2025 and applied for BTech/BArch counselling through JAC Delhi. He was allotted a seat in DTU during the first round of counselling and paid Rs.95,000 as admission fee after document verification. A provisional admission letter was subsequently issued to him.

However, when Kumar...