Answer sheet denied, boy may get Rs 25k from CBSE
The Central Information Commission has issued a show-cause notice to two CBSE (Patna) officials for denying a student his answer-sheet by imposing “illegal restrictions“.
The two officials have been asked to explain why a Rs 25,000 penalty should not be slapped on them. The commission has also provided for compensation of Rs 25,000 to the applicant in view of the “harassment“.
Bihar-based Vijay Kumar Mishra had filed an RTI seeking his son's maths and science class XII answer sheets from CBSE (Patna) in September 2013. The applicant was denied the information on various grounds including one where the CBSE said the student had not approached them.
Information commissioner Sridhar Acharyulu ruled that since the student was a minor, his parent could easily apply on his behalf. Among other conditions placed by the CBSE were that the applicant should relinquish his right for a re-evaluation and the right to share the response with media. Terming these as “obstructing the RTI“, the CIC directed the CBSE to put in place a “system with conducive practices by which the RTI of the appellants is not limited but facilitated’.
Source | Times of India | 4 December 2015
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