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 +{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(University appointment records — Delhi HC,High Court of Delhi RTI,RTI §2,RTI §8,university,VC appointment,Delhi HC,§8(1)(e))&metatag-description=(Selection committee minutes for university faculty / VC appointments disclosable post-decision; §8[1][e] narrow. //University faculty/VC appointment records.)}}
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 +====== University appointment records — Delhi HC ======
 +
 +<WRAP center round info 95%>
 +**High Court of Delhi** · 2020-01-01 · Citation awaited
 +</WRAP>
 +
 +//University faculty/VC appointment records disclosable post-decision; pre-decision minutes §8(1)(e) narrow.//
 +
 +===== Case details =====
 +
 +^ Court | High Court of Delhi |
 +^ Decided | 2020-01-01 |
 +^ Citation | Citation awaited |
 +^ Petitioner | RTI applicant |
 +^ Respondent | Central University |
 +^ RTI Act sections | §8(1)(j) |
 +^ Outcome | Applicant allowed |
 +
 +===== Outcome =====
 +
 +Selection committee minutes for university faculty / VC appointments disclosable post-decision; §8(1)(e) narrow.
 +
 +===== Ratio decidendi =====
 +
 +Central and State Universities are public authorities. Selection committee minutes for faculty and VC appointments, the final recommendation, the successful candidate's profile, and the rank list are disclosable post-decision. Pre-decision deliberations are narrowly protected under §8(1)(e).
 +
 +===== Keywords =====
 +
 +university, VC appointment, Delhi HC, §8(1)(e)
 +
 +===== Similar cases in the corpus =====
 +
 +//These rulings have the closest editorial ratio to this case — computed by tf-idf cosine similarity over ratio, keywords and Act sections. Useful starting points if you are researching the same point of law.//
 +
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-appointment-committees-2016|Search-cum-Selection committee records — CIC]] (CIC 2016)
 +  * [[/cases/delhi-hc-rti-minutes-2019|Meeting minutes of statutory bodies — Delhi HC]] (HC-DEL 2019)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-state-cabinet-2020|State-cabinet records — §8(1)(i) applicability]] (CIC 2020)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-iit-recruitment-2022|IIT faculty recruitment — CIC]] (CIC 2022)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-cabinet-note-after-decision-2022|Cabinet note post-decision — §8(1)(i) — CIC]] (CIC 2022)
 +
 +===== Related =====
 +
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?court=HC-DEL|All High Court of Delhi rulings in the corpus]]
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=2|All RTI cases turning on §2]]
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=8|All RTI cases turning on §8]]
 +  * [[:cases:search|Full case-law search]]
 +  * [[:cases|Case-Law Database — overview]]
 +  * [[:pio-rti-reply-guide|PIO RTI Reply Guide]]
 +  * [[:act|The RTI Act, 2005 — annotated]]
 +
 +<WRAP center round alert 95%>
 +**Editorial summary, not a certified report.** The ratio here is an editorial compression. Before citing this ruling in a PIO order, FAA speaking order, or any appellate filing, **verify against the full reported decision**. RTI Wiki is not a legal service.
 +</WRAP>
 +
 +
 +
 +//Editorial summary · last reviewed 21 April 2026.//
 +
 +{{tag>case-law court-hc-del section-2 section-8}}