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Answer sheet under rti act

Deepak (Student) (127 Points)

10 August 2011

The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the disclosure, under the Right to Information Act, of answer sheets of students of any examination conducted by any agency in India

Will it apply to CA Examinations also?

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Prashant Chaudhary (Student) (21 Points)
Replied 10 August 2011

ICAI was one of the instituitions who lost in the Hon Supreme Court....hence the judgment should apply to ICAI also...plz provide the procedure for getting the answer sheets if possible....regards

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sanjay (Article assistant) (100 Points)
Replied 11 August 2011

HERE’S HOW TO APPLY TO ACCESS A COPY OF THE ANSWER SHEET

If you have doubts about the marks you have secured, here’s how to apply to access a copy of the answer sheet. The information has been sourced from the website www.rti.org.

Application to obtain information

Date:

By Speed Post

To,
The Public Information Officer
______________________ Board
Address:

1. Name of the applicant:

2. Full address:
Mobile phone number:
Email ID:

3. Particulars of information required:
My son / daughter / ward _____ (write name here) _____ appeared for _____ standard examination of your board in the month of _____ . A photocopy of the mark sheet is attached for ready reference.
Please permit me and my son / daughter / ward to inspect his / her answer sheet/s as well as other relevant records and also provide me certified photocopies of his / her answer sheet/s pertaining to the following subjects:
[A]
[B]

4. Details of payment of filing fees:

5. Please rush the information to me by Speed / Registered Post.
I am an Indian citizen. Please reply in English.

6. Please also provide me file notings and action taken report on this application along with your reply.
Note: I am emphatically drawing your kind attention to,
(A) 49-page judgment of a two-judge bench of the Honourable High Court of Calcutta in M.A.T. No. 275 of 2008 in University of Calcutta and others versus Pritam Rooj.
(B) Judgment dated 30-08-2010 of the Honourable Kerala High Court in WP(C). No. 6532 of 2006(C).
© Madras High Court judgment dated 13-09-2010 in R Ramasamy versus Dr Ambedkar Law University in W.P. (MD) No.4815 of 2008.

Signature of applicant

Authority:
I authorise and permit the public information officer, to supply information sought by my father / mother / guardian and also allow me and my father / mother / guardian to inspect relevant answer sheet/s and connected records as requested per this application. I waive notices under section 11 of RTI Act 2005. I am an Indian citizen.

Signature of examinee:

SOME USEFUL GUIDELINES UNDER:

1. If the student has not completed 18 years of age, the application has to be made by his / her father or mother or guardian to be on the safer side. The student has to give consent only.
If the student is above 18 years of age on the date of filing the application, he himself can file the application under RTI, with relevant changes in the format described, or get it filed by his father / mother / guardian in the format given by signing the authority portion.

2. Please make payment of the filing fee as per RTI rules of your state to which the examining board belongs. CBSE is a central government entity and for this you should pay Rs10 by postal order, drawn in favour of the Accounts Officer, Central Board of Secondary Education, made payable at Delhi.

3. Please use the format as prescribed by your state RTI rules, or if not prescribed use the format given. Do not omit the reference to the judgment of the High Court of Calcutta in any format. Add it as a note.

4. The details of the format and payment of fee state-wise, are available at www.rti.gov.in and also in guide section of www.rtiindia.org.

5. The address of the public information officer is available at the RTI link on the website of the relevant examination board.

6. The format described can also be followed university exams with the appropriate changes.

7. If you do not get a reply within 40 days of mailing this application, or if the reply is not satisfactory, file the first appeal immediately. For details visit: https://www.rtiindia.org/forum/blogs/jps50/341-first-appeal-state-govts.html

8. In case of difficulty, post your problem on the portal and members will assist you. Please visit

https://www.rtiindia.org/forum/blogs/jps50/1541-evaluated-answer-sheets-under-right-information.html