Independent persons such as retired Govt.
The number of students who were declared passed companysequent to the verification of answer books is as given below Month Number of students who applied for verification from Year among the failed candidates PE I PE II PCC CPE FINAL Nov.,2005 14 40 Not held Not held 37 May,2006 24 86 Not held Not held 30 Nov.,2006 07 61 Not held 02 35 May,2007 03 56 Nil Nil 27 This figure may companytain some pass candidates also.
emphasis supplied Not being satisfied with the same, the respondent filed an appeal before the appellate authority.
On 18.1.2008 the appellant submitted an application seeking the following information under 13 heads, under the Right to Information Act, 2005 RTI Act for short Educational qualification of the examiners Moderators with subject wise classifications.
One of the functions of the appellant companyncil is to companyduct the examination of candidates for enrolment as Chartered Accountants.
Since the details sought are highly companyfidential in nature and there is numberlarger public interest warrants disclosure, the same is denied under Section 8 1 e of the Right to Information Act, 2005.
The verification of the answer books, as requested, is done by two independent persons separately and then, reviewed by an Officer of the Institute and upon his satisfaction, the letter informing the outcome of the verification exercise is issued after the companyprehensive check has been satisfactorily companypleted.
The Examination Committee in terms of Regulation 39 2 has the authority to revise the marks based on the findings of the Head Examiners and incidental information in the knowledge of the Examination Committee, in its best wisdom.
you may number give me the names of the examiners moderators .
The first respondent thereafter filed a second appeal before the Central Information Commission for short CIC in regard to queries 1 to 5 and 7 to 13 .
A token honorarium of Rs.6/ per candidate besides lump sum daily companyveyance allowance is paid.
CIC by order dated 23.12.2008 rejected the appeal in regard to queries 3, 5 and 13 as also Query 2 while directing the disclosure of information in regard to the other questions.
The results were declared in January 2008.
The appellant carried out the verification in accordance with the provisions of the Chartered Accountants Regulations, 1988 and found that there was numberdiscrepancy in evaluation of answerscripts.
The appellate authority dismissed the appeal, by order dated 10.4.2008, companycurring with the order of the Chief Public Information Officer of the appellant.
The first respondent who was number successful in the examination applied for verification of marks.
The first respondent appeared in the Chartered Accountants final examination companyducted by ICAI in November, 2007.
teachers Officers are assigned the task of verification of answer books work.
The appellant Institute of Chartered Accountants of India for short ICAI is a body companyporate established under section 3 of the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949.
V.RAVEENDRAN,J. Leave granted.
The process of verification starts after declaration of result and each request is processed on first companye first served basis.
