Delhi HC stays CIC order to UPSC on info on marksheet

The Delhi High court today stayed the CIC order directing the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) to reveal information about marksheets

The Delhi High court today stayed the CIC order directing the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) to reveal information about marksheets and the recommendations of the Personality Test (PT) Board of the qualified candidates in the civil service examination in 2009.

Issuing a notice to Kumar Sauvir,whose plea was accepted by CIC for supply of the information,Justice Rajiv Sahai

Endlaw sought his reply by August 24 while granting the stay order on the Central Information Commission’s (CIC) order.

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Filing a petition challenging the CIC’s order,the UPSC said disclosure of the marksheets,recommendations of the (PT) board over the successful candidates would not only endanger the process of secrecy but also damage the confidentiality of the civil service examination.

The UPSC also expressed its apprehension that the interested persons would manipulate or misuse the information supplied by the Commission.

In January this year,the CIC had allowed Sauvir’s application in which he had stated that he appeared for civil service examination in 2009 but could not get through.

Aggrieved by the result announced by the UPSC,Sauvir had sought the information from UPSC in May 2009 but the Commission had refused to supply the information to him.

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