New Delhi, Aug 31 (PTI) The Central Information Commission has advised the Sports Authority of India (SAI) to put details of all stages of recruitment for Young Professionals in the public domain, including category-wise merit lists and marks of selected candidates.
The direction came while disposing of an RTI appeal concerning the recruitment process.
Information Commissioner P R Ramesh observed that “the need for transparency is more in the case of appointment/recruitment process”.
The CIC advised SAI to publish on its official website the recruitment advertisement or notice, names of finally selected candidates and category-wise merit lists, with the sequence beginning with Unreserved (UR) followed by reserved categories — SC, ST, OBC and PwD — “along with their marks”.
The commission said the disclosure should be made under Section 4 of the RTI Act “so that the public have minimum resort to the use of the RTI Act to obtain the information”.
The RTI applicant had sought details of the total applications received for the Young Professional advertisement, dated November 5, 2024.
The applicant also sought to know the total number of candidates called for and attending interviews, the basis of selection, selected candidates with prior SAI experience, any waitlist and ranks of candidates who appeared for interviews.
In its response, SAI said 2,492 applications were registered on the portal, 1,323 candidates were called for interviews and 1,092 attended them.
It said candidates were shortlisted based on eligibility criteria specified in the recruitment advertisement.
SAI denied personal information relating to third parties under Section 8(1)(j) of the RTI Act.
The CIC found no cogent reason to interfere with the CPIO’s reply and the First Appellate Authority’s order, observing that the queries had been appropriately answered and permissible information supplied. PTI MHS RHL
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