The forum headed by Umesh Jhawalikar and Member N D Kadam in the order delivered recently asked the Thane-based institute Career Consultancy to pay Rs 1 lakh to complainant Rishi Rakesh Nanda from Chembur, as it failed to give admission to him in a German University, despite taking its fee.
According to the complaint by Nanda, he had paid a total amount of Rs 30,000 (advance fee for the course) the in 2010 to the institute to get admission in a hotel management course at the Coburg University, Germany. But the institute failed to get him admitted in the course and instead asked him to pursue a course in finance management.
The forum also ordered the institute to refund of Rs 30,000 taken as fee from Nanda within 30 days.