Bhubaneswar, Jan. 31: The state government today constituted a five-member sub-committee to inspect professional institutions and check whether they were charging exorbitant fees in deviation of the government structure.

Headed by secretary of the technical education department C.S. Kumar, the panel will pay surprise visits to verify accounts of various institutions and submit reports before the fee-structure committee for action.

The department today also directed Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT) authorities to set up a grievance redressal forum by the vice-chancellor with toll-free numbers to give an outlet to students and parents to lodge their grievances.