Indian Maritime University — regarding refund of my admission fees at himt college, chennai

Address:Howrah, West Bengal

Sir/madam,
It is in your record that on 24th june, 2017 i approached himt college for admission in the stream of bsc.
(Nautical science). I was told by the institution that the course is affiliated to indian maritime university (Imu) which was established by government of india. It was further informed that the duration of the course is 3 years and i was provided with a break up of course fees which stipulates that a fee of rs.2, 75, 000/- has to be paid for each year. But after going through clause 6 of the guradian-cum-indeminity bond, i came to know that after the payment of an amount of rs.35, 000/- as program fees for the first year, i have to make a payment of rs.25000/- each in the subsequent years of the course as program fees which was not informed to me at the time of taking admission. Moreover, after being aware of such a clause i tried to clarify about it from the office administration of the himt college and to my utter surprise i was told that they are not liable to inform me about such payment before taking the admission.
Initially, i paid rs.50, 000/- and rs.35000/- respectively by way of two different demand drafts along with relevant documents for taking admission. It is relevant to mention that the money receipt of rs.50, 000/- only was issued by the institution at the time of admission but the payment made by me was of rs.85, 000/- in total through the two different demand drafts issued in the favour of the himt college. I was verbally told by your office administration that the money receipt for the balance of rs.35, 000/- on the day of reporting (I. E. On 15th july, 2017) when i would be attending the class for the first day.
After making the payment one of your office staff gave me a joint undertaking cum indemnity bond to be signed by me and my parents and asked me to submit the same on the day of reporting. After returning back to home and upon going through the clauses stipulated in the said undertaking, i was advised by my parents not to sign the document as the clause are imminent in nature and prejudicial to my future prospect.
It is pertinent to mention that i had even mailed at [protected]@himtmarine.com on 5th july about my situation due to which i am unable to continue with the admission proceedings and i had also requested to return the admission fees alongwith my original documents which are submitted with the institution for the purpose of admission regarding which i did not receive any reply from the institution.
In the aforesaid backdrop, i request you to kindly refund my advance deposit fees i. E. Rs.85, 000/- within 48 hours since i am no more intending to join the bsc (Nautical science) course in himt college and upon your failure to refund the said amount, i will be compelled to take strict legal action against you.
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