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NEW DELHI, NOV 13
In a significant order that will bring transparency, the Central Information Commission (CIC) today directed the UPSC to disclose within two weeks the marks secured by all candidates in the preliminary civil services examination this year.
The order of the full Bench of CIC headed by Chief Information Commissioner Wajahat Habibullah not only asked the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) to reveal the marks obtained by all the candidates but also consider disclosure of the scaling system, which has been under severe criticism for years.
Under the scaling system, wightage given to the same number of marks in subjects like Maths and History differs.
"The UPSC shall examine and consider under section 8 (1)(d) of the RTI Act the disclosure of the scaling system as it involves larger public interest in providing a level playing field for all aspirants and shall place the matter before the competent authority within one month,"the CIC said.
The Bench that also included Commissioners A N Tiwari, Padma Balasubramaniam, O P Kejriawal and M M Ansari asked the UPSC to reveal the cut-off marks of 23 optional and General studies papers.
To avoid any confusion on the issue, the CIC said that if the cut-off marks regarding all the optional and General Studies paper are not available then the UPSC will have to reveal the subject-wise marks of the succesful candidates, who made it to the mains examination.
The order was delivered on the separate applications filed by around 2,500 unsuccessful candidates seeking disclosure of marks obtained by them in the prelims.
The students had also sought the model answers of the question papers saying that the same would enable them to assess their shortcomings.
Opposing the students' contention, the UPSC had claimed that the information sought by them forms part of its cruicial secrets and intellectual property.
The UPSC had further said that the disclosure of such secret documents would harm the protected interests and efficacy of the competetive public examination system conducted by it.
"Throwing the process open for public scruitny might probably result in evolving a system better than what has hitherto being followed by the UPSC," said the Commission, adding the transparent system was the only sure means of ensuring a level playing field.
Earlier, the applicants, who had approached the UPSC seeking informations under the Right to Information Act, were denied the same by its Public Information Officer.
Later, on September 29, students appealed to the Commission which, after hearing the detailed arguments, allowed their plea.
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