(News) CSAT 2011: UPSC to Reveal Marks and Scoring Methodology

Can’t believe you failed to clear the Civil Services prelims? Wish to know your score? Well, the Delhi High Court has granted your wish. Infusing transparency into the civil service selection process, the court on Wednesday ordered Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) to reveal marks obtained by candidates appearing in the preliminary exams and also the scoring methodology.

Until now, UPSC had been publishing only the list of candidates who qualified for the main exams. Approximately 40 lakh students sit for the Civil Service preliminary all over the country every year.

A Bench comprising Chief Justice A.P. Shah and Justice S. Muralidhar gave the direction while dismissing an appeal filed by UPSC against an order of the Central Information Commission (CIC) asking it to disclose the marks scored by around 100 candidates in the preliminary exam. The unsuccessful candidates had moved CIC in November 2006 under the Right to Information Act.

UPSC had moved the division bench after a single judge bench of the High Court had dismissed its appeal on April 17, 2007. The Commission had argued that details like cut-off marks, individual marks and model answers were “top secret” and their revelation would be a violation of intellectual property. It also expressed fear that IAS coaching centres across the country would also misuse such information.

Rejecting its contention, the court said the answer papers were not of “such a nature that can be characterised as secret or of a type the disclosure of which would not be in public interest.

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Courtesy: Hindustantimes.com