Times of India: Ahmedabad: Sunday,
06 December 2020.
The Gujarat University has asked its student to establish her Indian citizenship first in order to get information under RTI provisions. This has created a controversy and an MLA has complained about this issue to the chief minister and sought action against the university authorities.
A law student studying in Gandhinagar’s Siddharth Law College, Tanaz Afzalkhan Nagori, sought details about marks obtained in internal examination of sixth semester. She was not satisfied with her result declared this year after she took examinations conducted by GU.
Nagori filed an application under the Right to Information Act in October and sought details and document related to result of internal examinations. On December 3, the student received a letter from the public information officer of GU’s examination section asking her to furnish evidence of her Indian citizenship. The letter said that section 6 of the RTI Act confers right to Indian citizens to obtain information. Once she supplies proof of her Indian citizenship, further action will be taken on her application filed under the RTI Act.
Denial of information by GU before ascertaining Nagori’s citizenship has created a controversy. Dariapur MLA, Gyasuddin Shaikh, on Saturday wrote a letter to the chief minister and demanded action against the responsible officials of the university for “denying information to the Muslim student” under the pretext of citizenship proof.
The legislator has stated that the GU authorities did not supply information under the limited period of 30 days. Ultimately, when she received a reply from the university, she was asked to establish her Indian citizenship first.
He further stated that Nagori has topped the exams in her law degree course and was felicitated with four gold medals from the governor and the education minister in GU’s 68th convocation. He has sought action against the public information officer and other responsible authorities of the university.
The Gujarat University has asked its student to establish her Indian citizenship first in order to get information under RTI provisions. This has created a controversy and an MLA has complained about this issue to the chief minister and sought action against the university authorities.
A law student studying in Gandhinagar’s Siddharth Law College, Tanaz Afzalkhan Nagori, sought details about marks obtained in internal examination of sixth semester. She was not satisfied with her result declared this year after she took examinations conducted by GU.
Nagori filed an application under the Right to Information Act in October and sought details and document related to result of internal examinations. On December 3, the student received a letter from the public information officer of GU’s examination section asking her to furnish evidence of her Indian citizenship. The letter said that section 6 of the RTI Act confers right to Indian citizens to obtain information. Once she supplies proof of her Indian citizenship, further action will be taken on her application filed under the RTI Act.
Denial of information by GU before ascertaining Nagori’s citizenship has created a controversy. Dariapur MLA, Gyasuddin Shaikh, on Saturday wrote a letter to the chief minister and demanded action against the responsible officials of the university for “denying information to the Muslim student” under the pretext of citizenship proof.
The legislator has stated that the GU authorities did not supply information under the limited period of 30 days. Ultimately, when she received a reply from the university, she was asked to establish her Indian citizenship first.
He further stated that Nagori has topped the exams in her law degree course and was felicitated with four gold medals from the governor and the education minister in GU’s 68th convocation. He has sought action against the public information officer and other responsible authorities of the university.
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