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New Delhi: The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) has alleged that colleges here are charging “high” hostel fee and imposing “discriminatory” rules for girls, and sought Union HRD minister Prakash Javadekar’s intervention. Inaction of the UGC in the matter of discriminatory fee in girls’ hostel is disgraceful,” she said. The DCW said it has received a representation from a student advocacy group, following which it had sent communications to various universities, colleges and institutes in Delhi to assess reasons for “discriminatory hostel rules and high fee for girls”. “He also appeared to be unaware of the recent issue of Hindu College hiking fee for its girls’ hostel due to non- receipt of funds from the UGC. Many institutions still do not have hostel facilities for girls, forcing them to seek private accommodation outside the college campus, Maliwal claimed..