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AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) has filed a caveat regarding the HSC answer sheets issue.
The vacation Bench had on May 7, issued a stay on a Gujarat Information Commission’s (GIC) order that directed the GSHSEB to provide certified copies of answer sheets to more than 100 students who had applied under Right to Information (RTI) Act.
Deepak Dave, appearing on behalf of GSHSEB, moved a caveat stating that the court should give a hearing to the board before passing any order if an appeal was filed by any student.
The board, during the hearing before Justice R R Tripathi, had contended that the process of photocopying 70 lakh answer sheets would throw the system out of gear. It also pointed out the huge administrative expenditure involved in the photocopying.
The board had contended that the GIC order had failed to consider an apex court ruling of 1984 in the case of Maharashtra state board of secondary and higher secondary education versus Paritosh Sheth where the court had vehemently opposed the inspection of answer sheets.
It was also pointed out that the SC in this case had also ruled that the process of inspection would hinder the aspect of ‘finality’ attached to declaration of public examination results.
GSHSEB files caveat on RTI pleas-Ahmedabad-Cities-The Times of India