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Pune RTI chief spent a year on answer-sheet issue

Vijay Kuvalekar however, refused to comment on the board’s decision to legally challenge his ruling. 'I have carried out my duty to the best of my ability,' he said.

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Pune Region RTI commissioner Vijay Kuvalekar had taken nearly a year to study the case before ruling that students appearing for the SSC and HSC exams conducted by Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education be provided with photocopies of the evaluated answer sheets.

Kuvalekar, however, refused to comment on the board’s decision to legally challenge his ruling. “I have carried out my duty to the best of my ability,” he said.

An official at the Regional Information Office, however, said Kuvalekar had studied data about students appearing for SSC and HSC exams and the pass and fail percentages. Information was gathered from all divisional offices of the board to see if students were unhappy with the evaluation. Citing section 8 of the Right to Information Act, 2005, Kuvalekar had said answer sheets could not be treated as confidential documents.

Kuvalekar’s study came after a Std XII student Abhijeet Joshi, unhappy with his marks, asked authorities to show him photocopies of his answer sheets. When he was refused, Joshi filed an plea with the Pune bench of the State Information Commission.

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