Disclose Cut-Off Marks, Court Tells Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) to disclose the cut-off marks in the 2006 preliminary civil services examinations and also the model answer papers to candidates.

Upholding a Central Information Commission (CIC) order, Justice B.D. Ahmed said the disclosure “cannot harm the interest of the UPSC or any third party.” The CIC approach was in the “correct perspective.”

The UPSC had submitted that if information on the marks of the candidates was given, there was district possibility of coaching institutes misusing it, and this would harm the interest of meritorious students. Also, its scaling system was very sensitive and so could not be revealed in an open court, the UPSC said.

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