Rules at times can be amusing, but that isn’t a licence to break them. The University of Pune (UoP) administration is learning this the hard way, while struggling to pay rent overdue for the last 25 years — a staggering amount of Rs 25. The pending sum was brought to the fore by an internal audit of the varsity.

A sweet deal: University of Pune had been allotted 411 acres of land by the state government in 1948 for a lease of 999 years – at a rent of one rupee per year. File Pic.