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SPPU Students Suspend Mess Fee Protest After Vice‑Chancellor’s Assurance
✍️ The Hindu
🗓 26 Sep 2026, 05:41 AM
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Students at SPPU halted their planned thali march after the Vice‑Chancellor promised a decision on the disputed mess fee hike by 26 September. The protest will resume only if the university issues a circular withdrawing the fee increase.
Students at Sardar Patel Polytechnic University had scheduled a thali march at 4 p.m. to protest a proposed increase in mess fees. The protest was part of a broader campaign for a university circular withdrawing the fee hike. The Vice‑Chancellor assured the student body that a decision would be made by 26 September, leading the students to suspend the protest pending the circular. The Students’ Federation of India (SFI) confirmed that the march would proceed only if the circular is not issued. University officials are expected to release the circular soon, and the campus community is awaiting the outcome to determine whether the protest will resume.