Punjab and Haryana High Court: <\/b>Hearing an appeal which sought the quashing of the order passed by the Punjab State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Chandigarh vide which the petitioner’s appeal was dismissed while upholding the order passed by the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, Ludhiana, which denied his claim for refund of the initial deposit of Rs 10,000, the Court held that an admission brochure or the prospectus has a force of law which is to be strictly followed.<\/p>\n
As the petitioner had chosen not to take admission after the first round of counselling, the amount was forfeited by the University as per Clause 9(iii) of the Regulation issued by the Punjab Technical University.The Commission concluded since the candidate having been admitted in the first round of counselling had not reported to the college therefore, the initial deposit stood forfeited as per the above said Regulation.<\/p>\n