Central Information Commission
Mr.Abhishek Chopra vs Ministry Of Human Resource Development on 5 January, 2012
Central Information Commission
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Appeal: No. CIC/DS/A/2011/000867
Appellant /Complainant : Dr. Abhishek Chopra, Delhi
Public Authority : University of Delhi, Delhi
(Sh. JayChanda, Dy. Registrar/CPIO)
Date of Hearing : 05 January 2012
Date of Decision : 05 January 2012
Facts:
1. Dr. Abhishek Chopra submitted RTI application dated 9 April 2010 before the CPIO, University of Delhi, Delhi seeking information regarding the details of notification issued for his MBBS degree.
2. Vide CPIO order dated 16 April 2010, CPIO did not provide any information as RTI application was not correctly marked to the Public Authority and asked the appellant to resend his application to the correct name and address.
3. Not satisfied with the reply of the CPIO, appellant preferred appeal dated 1 June 2010 before the First Appellate Authority.
4. Vide FAA order dated 6 July 2010, he upheld the order of the CPIO dated 6 May 2010.
5. Being aggrieved and not being satisfied by the above response of the public authority, the appellant preferred second appeal before the Commission.
6. Matter was heard today. Both parties as above were present in person and presented arguments.
Decision notice
7. After hearing both parties, Commission is satisfied that information as held by the CPIO has already been provided to the appellant. However, taking cognizance of the subject matter of the RTI application, it is logical to conclude that the matter is of larger public interest in that the appellant successfully completed his MBBS and practical training in the year 2006 from the Maulana Azad Medical College and his name featured at Sr. Number three in the list of 132 students which was forwarded by the Registrar (Academic) to The Control of Examination, University of Delhi vide their letter dated 25 may 2006 in which it was clearly stated that the students were eligible for the award of MBBS degree. However in this particular case the appellant received his degree only in the Appeal: No. CIC/DS/A/2011/000867 year 2011 and that too after aggressively pursuing the matter with the University.
8. The appellant, submitted before the Commission, information received from the Deputy Controller of Examinations, University of Delhi, South Campus dated 8 October 2010, in response to a separate RTI application that the letter referred to above was received by them and the name of the appellant was also in the list of successful candidates who had completed internship but that due to "an oversight", the formalities had not been completed for issue of the in the MBBS degree to him. The Commission notes that the name of the appellant has been separately notified on 8 October 2010 thereby making him eligible for receiving the degree.
9. Commission notes that this is a indeed a serious matter where a doctor has been denied his medical degree for five years by the University, even though he had been pursuing the matter diligently. CPIO has assured the Commission that this is one of case and that the normal practice is to issue the MBBS degrees to the successful candidates after completion of the formalities within a short time of their passing out and completing the internship.
10. Since this is important issue, a copy of this order is also be marked to the Vice Chancellor, Delhi University so that practices are put in place to ensure that such an error does not happen in the future.
11. Information has been provided. Matter is closed.
(Smt. Deepak Sandhu) Information Commissioner (DS) Authenticated true copy:
(T. K. Mohapatra) Dy. Secretary & Dy. Registrar Tel. No. 01126105027 Copy to:
1. Dr.Abhishek Chopra C94, 3ard. Floor, Mahendra Enclave Delhi110033
2. The CPIO Assistant Registrar (Information) University of Delhi, Main Campus Appeal: No. CIC/DS/A/2011/000867 Delhi110007
3. The Appellate Authority Registrar University of Delhi, Main Campus Delhi110007
4. The Vice Chancellor University of Delhi, Main Campus Delhi110007 Appeal: No. CIC/DS/A/2011/000867