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Forced, Sudden Eviction During Exams (Violating Advance Notice Rules)
• The Sudden Notice: On May 13, 2026, the administration dropped a notice forcing all students to completely vacate the rooms by May 22, 2026. The WhatsApp follow-up explicitly states that 1st-year students must completely clear out their belongings.
• Bad Timing: This is being forced on us right in the middle of our ongoing exams. Instead of focusing on our career-defining papers, we are being forced to scramble, pack, and figure out logistics.
• Financial Exploitation: The college has already collected hostel fees for two full semesters, which covers our stay until August. Forcing us out right now means they are denying us the housing we paid for. Legally, tenants/residents are entitled to a reasonable notice period (typically 30 days), but we are being evicted aggressively within days.
• No Accommodation for Belongings: They are refusing to provide a safe, common storeroom for outstation and rural students to lock up their heavy luggage while they go home for holidays. We are expected to transport everything back and forth for no valid reason.
The Mess Scam: Forced Payments for Toxic Food
• Compulsory Mess for Inedible Food: When Dr. Jitendra Singh (Chemistry Professor) took over as warden, he made the hostel mess strictly compulsory. This was done despite widespread, continuous student complaints about terrible food quality.
• Severe Health Risks: The food was so unhygienic that students began falling sick. Seniors explicitly warned us that previous batches suffered from Typhoid due to this mess. The water cooler inside the mess area is essentially a "bacteria soup."
• The NOC Blackmail: To protect our health, many of us took a financial hit and started eating outside at private messes. Now, the Warden is refusing to issue a No Objection Certificate (NOC) unless we pay full mess fees for the months we never even stepped inside the mess. For students coming from humble rural backgrounds, this arbitrary extortion is devastating.
Abysmal Maintenance & Fake Excuses
• Contaminated Drinking Water: When a water testing team arrived, the official TDS level of our hostel water registered at an unsafe 170 to 200 TDS.
• Broken Sanitation: Hostel bathrooms remain choked and filthy for days on end because the cleaning staff rarely shows up.
• The "Repair" Irony: The administration claims they need all 4 hostels emptied simultaneously for "water problem resolution and repairs." It is deeply ironic that an administration that couldn't clear a clogged toilet or provide clean drinking water for a year suddenly needs to evict hundreds of students instantly to fix the entire infrastructure during finals.
• No Guarantee of Return: To make matters worse, the notice explicitly states that students selected for internships will not be given hostel accommodation next term, and others must entirely re-apply with no guarantee of getting their rooms back.

The management and current Warden (Dr. Jitendra Singh) at IET-DAVV Boys' Hostel are actively harassing students. Despite collecting hostel fees through August, they issued an abrupt notice forcing us to completely vacate our rooms with all our luggage by May 22, 2026, right in the middle of ongoing exams, under the guise of "repairs." This follows a year of forced billing for toxic mess food that causes typhoid, a complete lack of hygiene, and severe administrative high-handedness. Looking for advice on how to legally challenge this or escalate it.
The Full Situation & Key Issues
1. Forced, Sudden Eviction During Exams (Violating Advance Notice Rules)
• The Sudden Notice: On May 13, 2026, the administration dropped a notice forcing all students to completely vacate the rooms by May 22, 2026. The WhatsApp follow-up explicitly states that 1st-year students must completely clear out their belongings.
• Bad Timing: This is being forced on us right in the middle of our ongoing exams. Instead of focusing on our career-defining papers, we are being forced to scramble, pack, and figure out logistics.
• Financial Exploitation: The college has already collected hostel fees for two full semesters, which covers our stay until August. Forcing us out right now means they are denying us the housing we paid for. Legally, tenants/residents are entitled to a reasonable notice period (typically 30 days), but we are being evicted aggressively within days.
• No Accommodation for Belongings: They are refusing to provide a safe, common storeroom for outstation and rural students to lock up their heavy luggage while they go home for holidays. We are expected to transport everything back and forth for no valid reason.
2. The Mess Scam: Forced Payments for Toxic Food
• Compulsory Mess for Inedible Food: When Dr. Jitendra Singh (Chemistry Professor) took over as warden, he made the hostel mess strictly compulsory. This was done despite widespread, continuous student complaints about terrible food quality.
• Severe Health Risks: The food was so unhygienic that students began falling sick. Seniors explicitly warned us that previous batches suffered from Typhoid due to this mess. The water cooler inside the mess area is essentially a "bacteria soup."
• The NOC Blackmail: To protect our health, many of us took a financial hit and started eating outside at private messes. Now, the Warden is refusing to issue a No Objection Certificate (NOC) unless we pay full mess fees for the months we never even stepped inside the mess. For students coming from humble rural backgrounds, this arbitrary extortion is devastating.
3. Abysmal Maintenance & Fake Excuses
• Contaminated Drinking Water: When a water testing team arrived, the official TDS level of our hostel water registered at an unsafe 170 to 200 TDS.
• Broken Sanitation: Hostel bathrooms remain choked and filthy for days on end because the cleaning staff rarely shows up.
• The "Repair" Irony: The administration claims they need all 4 hostels emptied simultaneously for "water problem resolution and repairs." It is deeply ironic that an administration that couldn't clear a clogged toilet or provide clean drinking water for a year suddenly needs to evict hundreds of students instantly to fix the entire infrastructure during finals.
• No Guarantee of Return: To make matters worse, the notice explicitly states that students selected for internships will not be given hostel accommodation next term, and others must entirely re-apply with no guarantee of getting their rooms back.

Proof Attached:
1. Official Hostel Notice (Dated 13/05/2026): Signed by the wardens, including Dr. Jitendra Singh and Senior Warden Dr. Nagendra Sohni, demanding a complete clear-out by May 22.
2. Official WhatsApp Broadcast: Admin-only message confirming that 1st-year students must empty their rooms entirely and fill out a formal handover form to even be considered for future re-allotment.

What We Need Advice On:
We feel completely helpless. The Warden and the Director are totally indifferent to our mental stress and financial constraints.
1. Can they legally kick us out when we have paid fees up to August?
2. Is there a way to approach the Higher Education Department of Madhya Pradesh, the Vice-Chancellor (VC) of DAVV, or the UGC grievance portal effectively?
2. How can we challenge this forced "Mess Fee for NOC" extortion?
3. What immediate steps can we take as a student to halt this eviction until exams are completely wrapped up?

Absolute Harassment at IET-DAVV Indore Boys' Hostel: Illegal Eviction during exams, forced mess fees for "bacteria soup" food, and no accountability. Need urgent legal/administrative advice.

Absolute Harassment at IET-DAVV Indore Boys' Hostel: Illegal Eviction during exams, forced mess fees for "bacteria soup" food, and no accountability. Need urgent legal/administrative advice.