के (cid:574)ीय सूचना आयोग Central Information Commission बाबा गंगनाथ माग१,मुिनरका

Baba Gangnath Marg, Munirka नई िद(cid:671)ी, New Delhi – 110067 ि(cid:554)तीय अपील संূा / Second Appeal No. CIC/NTAGN/A/2024/640048 Kushagra Jain … अपीलकता१/Appellant VERSUS बनाम CPIO:

National Testing Agency, …ঋितवादीगण/Respondents New Delhi Relevant dates emerging from the appeal:

Hon’ble Commissioner _ANANDI RAMALINGAM O R D E R

1. The Appellant filed an RTI application dated 23.06.2024 seeking information on the following points:

This is regarding CGPTDM DPIIT Exam conducted by NTA, I would like to get these information under RTI Act 2005: Application No: 2307010090 Roll No: DL01004417

1) My Evaluated copy of Descriptive paper in soft copy.

2) Cutoff marks for candidates selected for interview.

3) What is the average marks in subjective paper?

4) What are the average marks in the Subjective exam of people who have appeared in the exam when the paper happened again on 5 Feb 2024?

5) What method have you used to bring parity between different papers and between copy checked by different teachers?, etc./ other related information

2. Having not received any response from the CPIO, the Appellant filed a First Appeal dated 23.07.2024. The FAA’s order, if any, is not on record of the Commission.

3. Aggrieved with the non-receipt of FAA’s order, the Appellant approached the Commission with the instant Second Appeal dated Nil.

4. The appellant and on behalf of the respondent Lt. Col. Piyush Shukla, Director, attended the hearing in-person.

5. The appellant inter alia submitted that the respondent had failed to respond to his RTI application within stipulated time limit. He further stated that the CPIO replied and provided incomplete information after a period of 87 days through e-mail.

6. The respondent while defending their case inter alia submitted that it was not a non- response case and that the RTI application received at their end on 23.06.2024 was disposed of on 06.07.2024 with the following reply:

“1. RTI appellant has filled RTI request vide RTI No. NTAHE/R/E/24/08367 dated

23.06.2024 and reply for the same has been provided.

Please note, in order to make the examination system transparent, NTA had already displayed the Question Papers and recorded responses along with Provisional Answer Keys on the website for verification by examinees from 11 to 13 February 2024 for all the concerned candidates for the Mains Examination Paper I only. After verification by the Subject Experts, Revised Answer Keys were prepared, and based on these Final Answer Keys, results were prepared. The descriptive answer sheets for Mains Paper 2 were evaluated digitally by two independent experts. If there is a variation of more than 25 percentage in the marks awarded by the two experts, the head examiner is appointed to reevaluate the answer sheet. Providing a descriptive answer sheets including the individual evaluators markings could compromise the confidentiality and integrity of the evaluation process.

2. The cut off Bio Technology discipline in Mains Examination for interview.

Category Cut off UR 199.75 EWS 162 OBC 172.75 SC 165.5 ST 159.

3. & 4. The average marks varies in different disciplines.

5. The descriptive answer sheets for Mains Paper 2 were evaluated digitally by two independent experts. If there is a variation of more than 25 percentage in the marks awarded by the two experts, the head examiner is appointed to reevaluate the answer sheet.

6., 7. & 8. It is informed that the mode of evaluation of Paper 1 was CBT. In order to make the examination system transparent, NTA had already displayed the Question Papers and recorded responses along with Provisional Answer Keys on the website for verification by examinees from 11 to 13 February 2024 for all the concerned candidates for the Mains Examination Paper 1 only. Aft