Electrical Engineering degree from Aliah University, applied. Similarly, the appellant in MAT 519 of 2020, who belong to OBC-A category and had obtained Bachelor of Technology in Computer and Engineering degree from Aliah University, applied. After participation in WT as well as CPT, they were not called for viva voce and they came to learn that WBSEDCL had decided to short list candidates by fixing cut-off marks based on the results of WT and CPT. The appellants, accordingly, submitted applications under the Right to Information Act, 2005 (in short, RTI Act) and came to learn that the cut-off mark was stipulated to be 68 and that they have secured more than such cut-off marks. Thereafter to know the reason for denial of participation in the viva voce, the appellants again submitted applications under the RTI Act and by a letter dated 7th September, 2018, it was intimated by WBSEDCL that ‘the B. Tech course completed by the RTI applicant was not approved by AICTE. Hence, the candidature of the RTI applicant could not be considered for further processing’ . Aggrieved thereby, the appellants preferred the writ petitions which were disposed of by the judgment impugned in the present appeal.
