Contempt: CBSE Denies Charging Exorbitant Fees For Providing Photostats Of Evaluated Answer Sheets To Candidates On Request [Read Affidavit ]

The CBSE has denied before the Supreme Court the allegation that it charged fees of Rs. 1,200 per subject for providing Photostats of evaluated answer sheets to the candidates of Classes X and XII.In an affidavit filed before the Supreme Court, CBSE chairperson Anita Karwal said, “I deny that fee of rupees 1,200 for obtaining the photostat copies of evaluated answer books is. In an affidavit filed before the Supreme Court, CBSE chairperson Anita Karwal said, “I deny that fee of rupees 1,200 for obtaining the photostat copies of evaluated answer books is being charged for providing photostat copies and the RTI rules framed under the Right to Information Act.” The board said: “It is only where the process of providing photocopy of answer books gets linked with the process of redressal of the grievances of the students who seek revaluation of the answer book besides and in addition to receiving photocopies of the answer books that the student candidate would be required to pay an amount of Rs. The CBSE said in the affidavit that “the notice dated May 29, 2017 regarding the modalities in respect of the process of verification and obtaining photostat copies of evaluated answer books of the candidates who have appeared in Senior School Certificate Examination 2017 was issued by the Controller of Examination CBSE”. The board also informed that from 2017 and onwards, besides and in addition to the availability of the interlink process of verification of marks and obtaining scanned images of answer books for availing facility of revaluation of answer books, there was no bar for any candidate to seek the photocopy of his or her answer book under the RTI Act and rules framed under the Act and pay the fee for that purpose as per prescription made under the RTI Act.