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(ii) Pleäse issue me answer sheet.”
2. It has been stated further in this appeal that the PIO refused to provide the above information
and on his refusal, an appeal dated 3 rd May, 2008 was filed with the Appellant Authority-cum-Secretary
HPPSC Shimla. The appellant was called several times to the office of the Appellate Authority and
finally on 8 th August 2008, he was shown the answer sheet from a distance. But the requisite information
along with the rules for attempting the questions, allotment of marks for final score in the paper and an
attested photocopy of the answer sheet was not so far been provided to him till date. The appellant,
therefore, requested for taking remedial action.
3. In the second case, the appellant Shri Bansi Lal filed an appeal dated 7-10-2008 stating that
his son had appeared for the plus one examination held in March, 2008 by HP Board of School
Education Dharamshala. He was declared as ‘Pass’ in the result shown on the internet as well as
published in the Newspapers but after two months, he was informed by the Board that he had failed
in the Physics paper. He, therefore, lost the opportunity to inspect the Physics paper as the Rules of
the Board did not allow such an inspection. Hence he had sought a copy of the evaluated answer
sheet of Physics paper of Roll No.920231 for the plus one examination held in March 2008 from the
PIO of the Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education vide his RTI application dated 21.7.2008
but his request was rejected by the PIO on 20-8-2008. Aggrieved by this action of the PIO, he filed
an appeal dated 27-8-2008 with the Appellate Authority-cum-Secretary of the Board which was also
rejected by the latter on 8-9-2008. Consequently the present appeal has been filed seeking following
relief:-
Himachal Pradesh PSC
“a) that the respondent Board authorities may kindly be directed to honour and implement
the provisions of the RTI Act and supply the copy of the evaluated answer sheet of
Physics paper of my son Sh. Naresh Chauhan, Roll No.920231 Plus one examination
held in March, 2008 free of cost as per provision of RTI Act.
b) that any other order which deemed fit in the facts and circumstances of the case may
also kindly be passed.”
4. The grounds given in the appeal are as under:-
“i) that the request of the applicant has been wrongly rejected by the PIO/1 st appellate
authority of the respondent Board as this document is not an exempted document under
section 8 of the RTI Act.
ii) That the application submitted under RTI Act can not be rejected by quoting local