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Decision No. CIC/SG/A/2009/002280/5364
Appeal No. CIC/SG/A/2009/002280
Relevant Facts
emerging from the Appeal:
Appellant : Mr. Rajendra Kumar Pandey,
Niti Khand-III/470,
Indirapuram, Ghaziabad- 201010
Uttar Pradesh.
Respondent : Public Information Officer
University Grants Commission,
National Eligibility Test Bureau,
South Campus- Delhi University,
Benito Juarez Marg, New Delhi- 110021
RTI application filed on : 27/05/2009
PIO replied : 24/06/2009
First appeal filed on : 13/07/2009
First Appellate Authority order : No order.
Second Appeal received on : 08/09/2009
Information Sought
The Appellant in reference to UGC National Eligibility Test, Roll No G 176604 (December 2007) and
E 177162 (June 2008), enquired whether any discrimination is made against those who appear for the
NET exams in Hindi and if writing the exams in Hindi results in a candidate getting lower marks as
compared to writing exams in English.
Reply of the PIO
No discrimination is made against any medium of examination. The marks are awarded on the basis of
the answers written.
First Appeal:
Unsatisfactory information provided by the PIO.
Order of the FAA:
No order.
Ground of the Second Appeal:
Unsatisfactory information provided by the PIO and no order given by FAA.
Relevant Facts emerging during Hearing:
The following were present:
Appellant: Mr. Rajendra Kumar Pandey;
Respondent: Absent;
The Appellant has not sought information as defined under Section 2(f) of the RTI Act.
Decision:
The Appeal is dismissed.
No information as defined under Section 2(f) of the RTI Act has been sought.
This decision is announced in open chamber.
Notice of this decision be given free of cost to the parties.
Any information in compliance with this Order will be provided free of cost as per Section 7(6) of RTI Act.
Shailesh Gandhi
Information Commissioner
04 November 2009
(In any correspondence on this decision, mention the complete decision number.)(RR)