Whether parents can seek answersheets on behalf of their minor children under RTI?

 The Commission having heard the submissions and perused the record, considers that the
appellant who is the father of the candidate is entitled for the copies of the answer sheets of his
son, which shall be supplied to him within 15 days from the date of receipt of this order, free of
cost.  The Commission also holds that the undertakings prescribed by the CBSE will be serious
obstructions to the access to   information.  The Public Authority can only deny the information
under Sections 8/9 of the RTI Act.  Therefore, the Commission directs the then CPIO, Mr. Manish
Agrawal  and  the present  CPIO  to show cause why  penaltyshould  not be imposed   for  not
furnishing  the  information  within  the  prescribed  period.     Their   explanation  should  reach  the
Commission within 21 days from the date of receipt of this order.  
    The Commission further directs the CBSE to pay a compensation of Rs.25,000/­ to the
appellant within 15 days from the date of receipt of this order for the hardship he was made to face
and  undergo harassment  in obtaining the information from the Public Authority.
      CENTRAL INFORMATION COMMISSION

Prof. M. Sridhar Acharyulu (Madabhushi Sridhar)
Information Commissioner
CIC/RM/A/2014/0000014­SA

Vijay Kumar Mishra, Samastipur Vs. Central Board of Secondary Education, Patna
 Decision: 02­-12­-2015

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