Click to play videoNew Delhi: Twenty-eight-year-old Nitish Duhan is a student of one of India's prestigious management institutes Faculty of Management Studies (FMS). But despite having topped the written exam, he couldn't clear the course of his choice. And his attempt to find out basic details of his marks unearthed a web of bureaucracy in the system.
“After the written exam, there's another stage of group discussion and interview. I filed RTI because I was concerned over my rejection and I want to tell other students that they have a right to know their marks,” Nitish said.
Nitish filed an RTI on April 7, 2008 asking for a segregated marks list of group discussion, interview and extempore. But the dean of the FMS then allegedly denied it under section 8 (1) (j) of the Act citing that disclosure of the marks could be objected to by the other candidates.
Then the registrar of Delhi University instructed the institute to provide Nitish the marks but to no avail.
“Information had to be given before August 14, 2008, but was delivered on March 31, 2009 and I was not provided a breakup. So I went to CIC (Central Information Commission),” Nitish said.
Meanwhile, the dean has refused to comment saying the matter is subjudice while the registrar of the Delhi University has also been non-committal on the issue.
“We are trying our best but there can be misunderstandings,” Registrar of Delhi University SK Jaipuriyar said.
The dean has been issued a showcause notice, and instructed to provide the details to Nitish by June 15. He has also been directed by the CIC to justify why a penalty should not be imposed on him.
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