RTI Act Answer Sheet destroyed fresh examination ordered
Right to Information Act, 2005 - Haryana Staff Selection Commission - Lecturer in Hindi - Posts reserved for Scheduled Caste (Female) - Destroyed the answer sheets/papers of the written examination - Held, the explanation given by the Secretary for not preserving the answer sheets for three months is frivolous and wholly unacceptable. The action of the officers of the Commission to destroy the record cannot but be termed as wholly arbitrary and unjustified. The sole object of this exercise appears to be to ensure that in the event of challenge to the result of the selection, the Court may not be able to scrutinize the record for the purpose of finding out whether the selection was fair and objective or the candidates had been subjected to invidious discrimination.
Supreme Court of India
Supreme Court of India
Poonam Rani @ Poonam vs State Of Haryana & Anr. on 1 May, 2012
