Jaipur- Rajasthan University has refused to disclose details of fees collected from students for exam re-evaluation (rechecking/re-totalling). In its reply to an RTI application filed by Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) spokesperson Ashutosh Ranka under the Right to Information Act, 2005, the university said the information sought is detailed and labour-intensive, is not maintained in the requested format, is interrogative in nature, lacks specificity, and that public interest is not clear. Therefore, the information cannot be provided.

Ranka had sought data for five academic years (2021-22 to 2025-26). This included the total amount of fees collected for re-evaluation, the prescribed fee per subject/paper for each year, the number of applications received each year, and head-wise utilisation of the collected amount. He had also requested copies of any consolidated reports, audit statements or financial records, preferably in tabular soft-copy format.

The university’s reply provided none of these figures.

Reacting to the response, Ranka said: “In the last few months I have asked Rajasthan University several times for information about the fees collected from students in the name of exam revaluation. Across Rajasthan, colleges have been looting students in the name of revaluation. Entire batches are being given back papers and large amounts of money are being collected. But when you ask for information on this, they start sweating. It seems the money is going right to the top. We will find out the truth! We will not rest until this loot is stopped.”

Ranka has pointed out that despite repeated requests, the university has not shown transparency on how much money was collected under re-evaluation and how it was spent. Student groups and education activists have long raised concerns over high re-evaluation fees and the large-scale awarding of back papers. The university’s latest RTI reply has now raised a further question: if the accounts of these fees are not considered to be in the public interest, how is the collected amount being utilised?