General Guidelines for Mess

1. Below are the Mess timings to be strictly followed:

Breakfast: 8:00 - 9:15 AM
Lunch: 1:30 - 2:30 PM
Snacks: 5:00 - 6:00 PM
Dinner: 8:00 - 9:15 PM
(Breakfast and lunch timings are tentative and may change according to college timings which will be
intimated timely).

2. Students are not permitted to take food to their rooms in mess utensils. Students should drop the
utensils in the designated area and shouldn't leave them lying around in the mess area or any other
place.

3. Opt-in/ opt-out requests and switch in meal preference(veg/non-veg) should be informed before
the beginning of the following month. Any requests after the beginning of the new month will not be
entertained.

4. Egg is not part of the Veg menu.

5. Students are supposed to drink tea/coffee in the small concerned glasses. The big glasses are for
water consumption only.

6. Students consuming mess food after opting out of mess services are will be penalized and are
subject to fine.

7. Mess payments should be cleared as per the deadline. Failing to which will attract a penalty of
Rs.20 per day.

8. If any student opts out/discontinues mess services after paying for the concerned month, the
amount for the remaining days he/she did not avail of the services will not be refunded/adjusted
unless informed before the payment for the respective month. Exceptions will be considered on a
case-to-case basis.

9. Students other than the Mess Committee Members are not permitted to enter the kitchen or store
room of the mess on any account.
 Anyone failing to abide by the guidelines mentioned above will attract a penalty as given below:

First two More than 2

Particulars/Frequency of Occurrence instances instances

Utensils are not placed in the designated area ₹ 50.00 ₹ 100.00

Throwing of spoons in the dustbin ₹ 50.00 ₹ 100.00

Taking food to the room in utensils that belong to the mess ₹ 100.00 ₹ 150.00

Students who opted for veg taking non veg/ egg ₹ 100.00 ₹ 200.00

opt out students eating food from the mess ₹ 300.00 ₹ 400.00

*The fines mentioned are per instance

Note:
1. All students are strictly instructed to follow these rules without failure. The Mess Committee can
take disciplinary actions against defaulters.
2. For any complaint/suggestion(s), the students may contact the committee members or write to the
mess committee through the feedback form.
3. The fines collected from the defaulters will be used as seen fit by the mess committee by taking
the mentor faculty approval.
4. The mess committee has complete discretion on whom to charge a fine from and on what basis.
5. Mess committee may update these rules as the requirement arises.