Despite order, law univ denies answer sheets to student
Siddharth.Prabhakar@timesgroup.com
Chennai:04.06.2019
Can a college student access her answer scripts by filing an RTI application that costs only ₹10 or does she have to pay the exorbitant fee set by the university?
The Tamil Nadu State Information Commission (TNSIC) settled the matter with an order that TN Dr Ambedkar Law University must give the answer scripts to the student under RTI. Only that the university has refused to do so. The order, delivered while hearing a second appeal filed by student Pavan Gandhi, quoted the Supreme Court judgement in the CBSE vs Aditya Bandopadhyay case. The order copy was delivered to the university and Gandhi in March 2019. Three months later, however, Gandhi is yet to get copies of his answer scripts. He had filed the original RTI with the university in December 2017. The university’s public information officer refused to oblige, asking him to submit an application form for obtaining a photocopy of the answer sheets and pay ₹500 per paper.
Gandhi challenged it before the commission and got an order in his favour, but the university could not care less. When contacted, university vicechancellor T S N Sastry told TOI that the section officer concerned had dispatched the answer scripts to the student on Monday evening.
Siddharth.Prabhakar@timesgroup.com
Chennai:04.06.2019
Can a college student access her answer scripts by filing an RTI application that costs only ₹10 or does she have to pay the exorbitant fee set by the university?
The Tamil Nadu State Information Commission (TNSIC) settled the matter with an order that TN Dr Ambedkar Law University must give the answer scripts to the student under RTI. Only that the university has refused to do so. The order, delivered while hearing a second appeal filed by student Pavan Gandhi, quoted the Supreme Court judgement in the CBSE vs Aditya Bandopadhyay case. The order copy was delivered to the university and Gandhi in March 2019. Three months later, however, Gandhi is yet to get copies of his answer scripts. He had filed the original RTI with the university in December 2017. The university’s public information officer refused to oblige, asking him to submit an application form for obtaining a photocopy of the answer sheets and pay ₹500 per paper.
Gandhi challenged it before the commission and got an order in his favour, but the university could not care less. When contacted, university vicechancellor T S N Sastry told TOI that the section officer concerned had dispatched the answer scripts to the student on Monday evening.
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