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 +====== Rajasthan Coaching Centres Act: Fee Refund Rules ======
 +
 +Rajasthan has passed a dedicated law for coaching centres, and the provision most families will care about is the refund rule. If a student pays for a full course and leaves partway through, the District Committee can direct the centre to refund the balance on a pro-rata basis within ten days, hostel and mess fees included.
 +
 +===== First, the honest caveat about commencement =====
 +
 +<WRAP round important>
 +**This Act is not automatically in force.** Section 1(3) of the Rajasthan Coaching Centres Control and Regulation Act, 2025 says it shall come into force **on such date as the Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint**. The Act received the Governor's assent on **23 September 2025** and the authorised English text was published on **24 September 2025**. Before you rely on any section below, confirm the commencement notification. Plenty of pages online describe this law as already operating. Check first.
 +</WRAP>
 +
 +Almost every duty in the Act is keyed to commencement. Registration becomes compulsory "after the commencement of this Act", and the Authority itself is constituted only after the State Government notifies it. So treat what follows as the framework you will be able to invoke, and use the section on today's remedies for anything urgent.
 +
 +===== The refund rule, in detail =====
 +
 +This sits in the powers of the District Committee. The Committee may give directions for **refund of the remaining fee** where a student has paid for the course in full and is leaving in the middle of the prescribed period, out of the fees deposited for the remaining period, **on a pro-rata basis within ten days**. The same provision lets the Committee direct refund of **hostel fees and mess fees** where the student was staying in the coaching centre's hostel.
 +
 +Three things worth noticing:
 +
 +  * It is **pro-rata**, not discretionary goodwill. The measure is the unused part of the prescribed period.
 +  * The **ten day** clock is on the refund itself, not on the Committee's decision.
 +  * Hostel and mess money is expressly included. That is usually the larger sum in Kota, Sikar and Jaipur, and it is the amount centres most often refuse.
 +
 +===== What the Act requires of a coaching centre =====
 +
 +^ Section ^ Obligation ^
 +| **7** | No coaching centre may be established or run **without a valid registration certificate**. Centres already running must apply within **three months** of commencement. **Each branch is a separate coaching centre** and needs its own application. |
 +| **10** | Minimum infrastructure requirements |
 +| **11** | Rules on curriculum and class conduct |
 +| **12** | A **code of conduct**: batch size declared in the prospectus and on the website, and **never increased mid-course**; a healthy teacher-student ratio; every student able to see the board or screen; students honestly told the difficulty and intensity of the exam |
 +| **14** | A **counselling system** with named psychologists and counsellors, their service timings shared with students and parents, immediate intervention for students in distress, and career counsellors to set realistic expectations |
 +| **15** | Maintenance of records |
 +| **16** | Restriction on shifting the centre |
 +| **22** | **No misleading advertisement** about the coaching centre |
 +
 +Section 14 is the part that exists because of the suicides. The long title of the Act itself commits to "career guidance and psychological counselling for mental well-being" and to measures "to provide security and reduce stress among students".
 +
 +===== How a complaint works, and what it costs the centre =====
 +
 +  - **Who can complain.** Under section 18, a complaint may be filed before the District Committee by the **student, the parent, or a tutor or employee** of the coaching centre. Staff have standing too, which matters when the evidence sits with them.
 +  - **The enquiry.** The District Committee enquires itself or through a member authorised by its Chairman.
 +  - **The deadline.** It **shall pass an appropriate order within thirty days** from receipt of the complaint.
 +  - **Fair hearing.** No penalty order under section 19 may be passed without giving the coaching centre an opportunity of hearing.
 +
 +^ Violation ^ Penalty under section 19 ^
 +| First violation | **₹50,000** |
 +| Second violation | **₹2,00,000** |
 +| Subsequent violation | **Cancellation of registration** |
 +
 +If the centre does not pay, section 19(2) allows recovery from the proprietor **as arrears of land revenue**, which is a far stronger recovery route than an ordinary money decree. Section 20 lets the District Committee cancel registration for any contravention, and section 21 provides an appeal.
 +
 +**One limitation to plan around.** Section 24 bars the jurisdiction of civil courts over matters the State Government or an authority is empowered to deal with under the Act. That is a reason to use the statutory route properly rather than to start a civil suit. Section 23 preserves your other remedies, because the Act is "in addition to and not in derogation of" any other law.
 +
 +===== Who sits on the Authority =====
 +
 +Section 3 establishes the **Rajasthan Coaching Centres Control and Regulation Authority**, chaired ex-officio by the Secretary in-charge of the Department of Higher Education, with the Secretaries in-charge of School Education, Technical Education and Medical Education or their nominees not below Joint Secretary rank as members. Section 5 creates a **District Committee** for each district, which is the body you will actually deal with.
 +
 +===== What you can do today, before commencement =====
 +
 +If your money is stuck right now, do not wait for a notification. These routes are already live:
 +
 +  - **Consumer commission.** Coaching is a service for consideration. See [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/how-to-file-consumer-forum-complaint-e-jagriti-dcdrc-india|filing on e-Jagriti]] and [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/coaching-institute-refund-rights-india|coaching institute refund rights]].
 +  - **Misleading advertisements.** The Central Consumer Protection Authority already regulates coaching advertising. See [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/coaching-centre-misleading-ads-guidelines-2024|coaching fake selection ads]].
 +  - **Batch or teacher changed after you paid.** See [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/coaching-batch-teacher-changed-refund-india|refund rights when the batch or teacher changes]].
 +  - **RTI.** Ask the Department of Higher Education, Government of Rajasthan for the commencement notification, the constitution of the Authority and of your District Committee, and the number of complaints received and orders passed. The [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/tools/ai-rti-draft-app.html|AI RTI Drafter]] will write it, and [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/book|The RTI Playbook]] explains how to push when nothing comes back.
 +
 +===== Frequently asked questions =====
 +
 +==== Is the Rajasthan Coaching Centres Act in force right now? ====
 +
 +Section 1(3) makes commencement depend on a Government notification in the Official Gazette. The Act was assented to on 23 September 2025 and published on 24 September 2025, but assent and publication are not commencement. Verify the notification before relying on any section.
 +
 +==== Can I get my hostel and mess fees back, not just tuition? ====
 +
 +The District Committee's power expressly extends to directing refund of hostel fees and mess fees where the student was staying in the coaching centre's hostel, alongside the pro-rata refund of the remaining course fee.
 +
 +==== My coaching centre added 40 students to my batch mid-course. Is that allowed? ====
 +
 +The code of conduct in section 12 says the number of students to be enrolled in each class or batch is to be defined in the prospectus and published on the website, and **in no case shall such enrolment be increased in the class or batch during the ongoing course**.
 +
 +==== Can a teacher at the centre complain, or only students? ====
 +
 +Section 18 allows a complaint by the student, the parent, or a tutor or employee of the coaching centre.
 +
 +==== What happens if the centre ignores a penalty order? ====
 +
 +Under section 19(2) the penalty may be recovered from the proprietor of the coaching centre as arrears of land revenue.
 +
 +===== Sources =====
 +
 +  * **The Rajasthan Coaching Centres Control and Regulation Act, 2025**, Rajasthan Act No. 16 of 2025, assented 23 September 2025, authorised English translation published under Notification No. F. 2 16 Vidhi 2 2025 dated 24 September 2025 in the Rajasthan Gazette. Full text on India Code at [[https://indiacode.gov.in|indiacode.gov.in]]
 +  * Hindi title: Rajasthan Coaching Centre Niyantran aur Viniyaman Adhiniyam, 2025
 +
 +===== Related on RTI Wiki =====
 +
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/coaching-institute-refund-rights-india|Coaching institute refund rights]]
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/practical-guides/coaching-institute-closes-centre-without-refund|Coaching centre closed without a refund]]
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/hostel-pg-deposit-recovery-india|Hostel and PG deposit recovery]]
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/college-university-exam-admission-fee-refund-ugc-aicte-consumer-forum|College and university fee refund rules]]
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/challenge-exam-result-revaluation-2026|Challenge an exam result and get answer scripts]]
 +
 +//Reviewed by Dr. Shrawan Kumar Pathak. General legal information, not legal advice. Statutory text quoted from India Code. Commencement of this Act depends on a State Government notification, so confirm the current position before acting.//
 +
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