College demanding extra fees after graduation for degree certificate

I got admissioned in engineering clg in Maharashtra in 2021 dec. as I'm from economically weaker section i availed EBC scholarship with makes gov pay 50% of my engineering college fees but to get that fees I first need to fill a form at maha gov website, so I pay 50% to clg and 50% comes from gov, this went smooth in 2nd 3rd 4th year of college as I filled the forms back then, but I didn't fill the form in my first year of clg as my name was not in the list of students who are supposed to fill the ebc form(i have photos of list) and also not in the list of students who are pending to pay the fees (I have photo of the lists) but suddenly started appearing in the list from 2nd year to 4th year(so I filled the form for those years) now I'm graduated in May 2025 and need marksheet and provisional certificate to submit in my organisation and now they making me pay the 50% fees(61.5k) of 1st year that is gov's share after graduation to avail my degree and original docs submitted at the clg. they told me it's my fault as I availed for scholarship then I should've filled the form even tho my name was not in the list and they put out on the notice board that all ebc students must fill the form before so I should've understood on my own that also applys to me and should've filled back then when my other ebc scholarship friends who's name was on the list where filling the form. I'm not considering legal options because I don't want it to back fire on me. Pls help I'm clueless rn I start my job next week