News: Wait for HC order on cut-off marks: CIC tells IAS aspirant

An Indian Administrative Services (IAS) aspirant, seeking information on cut-off marks in the UPSC examination, was told by the Central Information Commission (CIC) to wait till the Delhi High Court passes its verdict on the issue.

"On the question of cut-off marks, RTI applicant Vivek Tripathi will have to await the decision of the Delhi High Court which is expected to be announced on November three," Chief Information Commissioner Wajahat Habibullah said.

The transparency panel, however, refused to re-examine its decision given earlier in which it held that a citizen cannot seek disclosure of the evaluated answer sheets under the RTI Act.

Tripathi, a resident of Jhabua (Madhya Pradesh), approached the CIC, seeking information regarding Civil Service Main Examination held in 2005 and asked it to direct the UPSC to show him the answer sheet of English paper.

He contended that the UPSC had provided him incomplete information but the Counsel for the Commission, Naresh Kaushik, refuted the allegations.
Kaushik submitted that the applicant was being replied in accordance with the spirit of the RTI Act.

"The UPSC does not maintain question-wise marks but has provided the marks, the record of which is being maintained by the public authority," he said.

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