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The Appellant filed an RTI application dated 17.02.2020 seeking information pertaining to a written examination and Computer Proficiency Test for the post of "Jr. Administrative Assistant" dated September 15, 2019, which was advertised vide Advt. No. IITGoa/RECT/01/2019 dated 21.01.2019 by IIT Goa. In this regard, he asked for the following information;
1. Certified copy of Marks secured by all the candidates in written exam.
2. Certified copy of Marks secured by all the candidates in Computer Proficiency Test.
3. Please give cut off marks for written examination to call candidates for Computer Proficiency Test.
4. Certified copy of approval of authority deciding weightage given to the written examination and Computer Proficiency Test for the final selection of the candidates for the post.
5. Certified copy of approval of final merit list approved by the appointing authority.

The CPIO furnished a reply to the appellant on 18.03.2020 and also the relevant information against points no 3, 4 & 5 of the RTI application and with regard to points no 1 & 2, the CPIO denied the information under section 8(1)(d) of the RTI Act, 2005.

The CPIO submitted that a point wise reply along with relevant inputs has already been provided to the Appellant. He further apprised the Commission that as per their extant procedure only the names of selected candidates are made public, however, their marks are not uploaded on their website.

Lastly, the Appellant prayed the Commission that he being one of the candidates in the averred exams therefore, direction may be issued to the CPIO to provide a certified copy of his marks in the written exam and computer proficiency test. He further contested that CPIO should also be directed to provide a copy of question paper along with the answer keys of the averred written exam.

Now, considering the limited prayer of the Appellant during hearing, the CPIO is hereby directed to provide a certified copy of Appellant's marks in the written exams and computer proficiency test against averred advertisement. The aforesaid information shall be provided by the CPIO free of cost to the Appellant through speed post and email within 15 days from the date of receipt of this order under due intimation to the Commission.

ADVISORY A pertinent issue emanating from the instant case and similar nature of cases dealt with by this bench in the recent past is that a number of RTI Applications are being filed for seeking clarifications on various policy matters regarding cut off/weightage of marks accorded in various competitive exams. It will be in the best interest of IIT, Goa to explore the viability of introducing a FAQs Section on their website wherein the most commonly sought for clarifications can be identified and relevant information in that regard can be placed in the public domain in keeping with the letter and spirit of suomotu disclosures prescribed under Section 4 of the RTI Act. This will also relieve the public authority from the burden of RTI Applications which are filed for merely seeking weightage/cut off marks.