In the Central Information Commission
at
New Delhi
File No: CIC/AD/A/2011/001393
Date of Hearing : August 30, 2011
Date of Decision : August 30, 2011
Parties:
Applicant
Shri Dharmi Meena
Railway Qtr.No.764 B
Type Ii R.E. Colony
Gangapur City
Sawai Madhopur
The Applicant was not present during the hearing
Respondents
West Central Railway
General Manager's Office
Indira Market
Jabalpur
Represented by : Shri Ajay Srivastava, PIO & DGM
Shri S.D.Patidar, Dy.CPO
NIC Studio, Jabalpur
Information Commissioner : Mrs. Annapurna Dixit
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In the Central Information Commission
at
New Delhi
File No: CIC/AD/A/2011/001393
ORDER
1. The Present petition dt.30.5.11 emanates from the RTI application filed by the Applicant on 18.2.11
on denial of the answer sheets of two candidates who had appeared for the OSII exam sought by
the Appellant vide his RTI Application and his first appeal, by the PIO and the AA respectively.
2. During the hearing, the Respondents submitted that a copy of his own answer sheet has already
been provided to the Appellant and that copies of answer sheets of the other two candidates have
been denied although inspection of the same had been allowed.
3. On going through the submissions on record and in the light of the consistent position of the
Commission that answer sheets of candidates other than those of the Applicant himself, cannot be
disclosed to the Applicant u/s8(1)(j) of the RTI Act, I do not find any reason to interfere with the
decision of the Public Authority . The appeal is rejected and the case closed at the Commission’s
end.
(Annapurna Dixit)
Information Commissioner
Authenticated true copy
(G.Subramanian)
Deputy Registrar
Cc:
1. Shri Dharmi Meena
Railway Qtr.No.764 B
Type Ii R.E. Colony
Gangapur City
Sawai Madhopur
2. The Public Information Officer
West Central Railway
General Manager’s Office
Indira Market
Jabalpur
3. The Appellate Authority
West Central Railway
General Manager’s Office
Indira Market
Jabalpur
4. Officer in charge, NIC