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Information sought:

The Appellant filed online RTI Application dated 31.08.2020 seeking information on the following three points:

“1. WHETHER IN THE YEAR 2018, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CREATIVE RESEARCH THOUGHTS (IJCRT) WAS AUTHORIZED UNDER THE UGC-CARE LIST FOR PUBLISHING JOURNALS OF THE PhD THESIS PAPER......?

2. KINDLY PROVIDE ME THE EXACT YEAR, MONTH AND DATE DURING WHICH INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CREATIVE RESEARCH THOUGHTS (IJCRT) WAS AUTHORIZED UNDER THE UGC-CARE LIST FOR PUBLISHING JOURNALS OF THE PhD THESIS PAPER......?

3. IF A PhD RESEARCH SCHOLAR PUBLISHED HER/HIS THESIS PAPER FROM INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CREATIVE RESEARCH THOUGHTS (IJCRT) IN MARCH 2018, IN THAT CASE WHETHER THE PhD RESEARCH SCHOLAR IS ENTITLED TO OBTAIN MARKS IN ALL HER/HIS PRESENT AND FUTURE INTERVIEWS......?”

The CPIO vide online reply dated 15.09.2020, informed to the Appellant as under:

“For the information kindly see the UGC website following links : -

https://www.ugc.ac.in/pdfnews/4952604_UGC-(M.PHIL.-PH.D-DEGREES)-

REGULATIONS,-2016.pdf https://ugccare.unipune.ac.in/apps1/home/index”

Being dissatisfied, the Appellant filed a First Appeal dated 09.10.2020. The First Appellate Authority vide order