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IIT faculty recruitment — CIC

Central Information Commission · 2022-01-01 · Citation awaited

IIT faculty recruitment: criteria + own evaluation disclosable; panel deliberation §8(1)(e).

Case details

Court Central Information Commission
Decided 2022-01-01
Citation Citation awaited
Petitioner Candidate
Respondent IIT Bombay
RTI Act sections §8(1)(e)
Outcome Partly allowed

Outcome

IIT faculty recruitment — published criteria + candidate's own evaluation disclosable; panel deliberations §8(1)(e).

Ratio decidendi

IITs are §2(h) public authorities. Faculty recruitment — published eligibility criteria, post-wise vacancy, successful candidate's profile after final selection — is disclosable. Selection-panel internal deliberations on comparative merit remain §8(1)(e) protected narrowly.

Keywords

IIT, faculty recruitment, §8(1)(e), CIC

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