Chandigarh, Nov. 9 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has directed the Haryana government to reconsider the sharp hike in tuition fees for the veterinary and livestock development diploma course, observing that the increase was not backed by "any material or objective consideration".

The order, passed by a division bench comprising justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra and justice Rohit Kapoor, came in response to a petition filed by Gourav, a student of diploma course, challenging the Haryana government's notification of August 21, 2024, which had enhanced the annual tuition fee from Rs.90,000 to Rs.1.8 lakh for the state quota students and from Rs.1.5 lakh to Rs.2.5 lakh for management quota seats for the academic session 2024-25.

The petiti...