Times
of India: New Delhi Friday, 04 December 2015.
The Central
Information Commission (CIC) 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 penalty of
Rs 25,000 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. Other conditions placed by the CBSE were that the applicant should
relinquish his right for a re-evaluation, the right to share the response with
media and even held that the applicant had applied too late for the information
to be given.
Terming these
as "obstructing the right to information'', the CIC directed the CBSE to
put in place a "system with conducive practices by which the right to
information of the appellants is not limited but facilitated, by removing the
obstacles such as undertaking to give up their legal rights."
(Order)
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