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Inspection / Certified copies of ICAI exams

January 12, 2012
Procedure for providing inspection/certified copies of evaluated answer-books to the
concerned examinees
1. The procedure laid down hereinafter specifically applies to providing
inspection/certified copies of answer books relating to November 2011 examinations
and onwards only.
2. An application by an examinee seeking inspection of his/her evaluated answer books
and/or certified copies thereof is independent of and distinct from an application made
by him/her for verification of marks under the existing Regulation 39(4) of the
Chartered Accountants Regulations, 1988 for which a process/procedure is already in
place. For details visit www.icai.org
3. Inspection/certified copies of evaluated answer books would be provided to the
examinee only and to no other person.
4. Inspection/certified copies of evaluated answer books provides information for their
academic guidance but does not provide any remedy in case of any discrepancies that
may be noticed in the process. The remedy lies in the existing process of verification
of answer books, which is independent and distinct from the inspection/certified
copies process. Hence, students may make a separate application for verification of
answer books, without waiting for inspection of answer books. Examinees may note
that request for verification of answer books has to be made within 30 days from the
date of declaration of results.
5. Examinees should not combine application for verification of answer books with the
application seeking inspection/certified copies of evaluated answer books.
Application for verification of answer books, if any, should be sent in a separate
envelope, as per the existing procedure already hosted on the website.
6. Applications by an examinee seeking inspection/certified copies of answer books can
be made by him/her, in respect of any examination conducted by ICAI, within 75
days from the date of declaration of respective result(s), with the applicable fee.
However, examinees can seek inspection/certified copies of evaluated answer books
beyond 75 days but within 90 days from the date of declaration of results, with the
late fee prescribed. Applications received later than 90 days from the date of
declaration of results will not be entertained under any circumstances.
7. The fee structure is as follows:
A. For inspection of evaluated answer books:
Fees
for
inspection
only
(Inclusive of
late fee)
For Final, PCE, IPCE/ATE/Units
Rs 100/- per Rs 200/- per
paper
paper
For CPT and ISA AT
Rs200/- flat
Rs 400/- flat
For Post qualification courses DIRM, ITL & WTO, Rs 300/- per Rs 600/- per
MAC/TMC/CMC
paper
paper
B. For supply of certified copies of evaluated answer books:
Fees
for
certified
copies
only
(without late
fee)
For Final, PCE, IPCE/ATE/Units
Rs 200/- per
paper
For CPT and ISA AT
Rs200/- flat
For Post qualification courses DIRM, ITL & WTO, Rs 300/- per
MAC/TMC/CMC
paper
8. Inspection of evaluated answer books will be provided, generally, within 30 days
from the date of receipt of the application by ICAI.
9. Certified copies of evaluated answer books will be sent to the examinees by
Registered/Speed Post, generally, within a period of 21 days from the receipt of the
application by ICAI.
Fees
for
inspection
only (without
late fee)
1. A examinee can apply for inspection/certified copies of his/her evaluated answer
books necessarily in his/her own handwriting, in the prescribed format, ( copy
enclosed ) giving specific details of the following along with the requisite fees:
a. Name of the examinee
b. Examination , say PCE, IPCE, Final etc
c. Year and Month of the examination to which the answer books sought to be
inspected, relate.
d. Roll No of the examinee
e. Answer books of paper(s)/subjects to be inspected
f. Examinee’s Registration Number
g. Address for communication
2. Physically/visually/mentally challenged examinees who had been permitted by ICAI
to engage the services of a scribe/writer for writing the examination, shall submit the
application seeking inspection of the relevant evaluated answer books, in the
handwriting of the same scribe/writer.
3. If the examinee had appeared in Hindi medium, his/her application should be in
Hindi.
4. Typewritten applications will not be entertained.
5. The application should be duly signed by the examinee.
6. The examinee shall also furnish a declaration in the format prescribed. (Copy
enclosed)
7. The hand written application accompanied by the applicable fee and a copy of the
admit card should be sent at the following address:-
The Deputy Secretary (Examination)
AB Cell,
Examination Department,
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
ICAI Bhawan
Indraprastha Marg
New Delhi 110 002
8. The envelope containing the application should be superscribed “Application
seeking inspection/certified copies of evaluated answer books” and should be sent
by registered post or by speed post only and not by any private courier. Examinees
are advised to retain a copy of the receipt issued by the postal authorities while
sending their application as evidence of having despatched their applications.
9. Applications incomplete in any respect and/or with illegible entries shall be liable to
be rejected.
10. The fees is payable by way of a demand draft drawn in favour of “The Secretary, The
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India” payable at New Delhi and sent along
with the application for inspection/certified copies of evaluated answer books.
Examinees are advised to note their name and roll number on the reverse of the
demand draft.
11. Upon receipt of an application from an examinee seeking inspection/certified copies
of answer books, an acknowledgement will be sent to the examinees. A list of such
candidates who have sought inspection/certified copies will also be hosted on the
website.
12. Under no circumstances, inspection of answer books will be given to those examinees
whose results have been withheld/have not been declared. Similarly no access to
answer books will be allowed to examinees against whom unfair means cases are
reported/under consideration.
13. ICAI reserves the right to decline the request of any examinee for inspection/certified
copies of evaluated answer books, in case it has reason to believe that the request has
been made with a malicious intention to discredit the examination system of the
Institute.
14. Delay in giving inspection/certified copies of evaluated answer books to an examinee,
for whatsoever reason, shall not vest any right in the examinee to seek extension of
time for applying for verification of answer books.
15. If the examinee is found guilty of any misuse of the inspection/certified copies of the
evaluated answer books, he/she shall be liable for award of punishment, such as
debarment from appearing at further examination(s) or other action as may be deemed
fit by the Examination Committee/Council of the Institute in this regard.
16. The decision of the Examination Committee/Council of the Institute in this regard will
be final.
17. For any/all dispute(s) relating to examinations conducted by the Institute, including
on the abovementioned matters, the Courts at New Delhi shall have exclusive
jurisdiction.
18. Contact details: Email ID: abc@icai.in Tel. 0120-3054805 Fax 0120-3054841/843
Points relevant to inspection of evaluated answer books only:
1. The examinee will be advised in writing, the date and time at which he/she can
inspect his/her evaluated answer books. They will be required to come for inspection
at the appointed date and time only and request for change of date/time will generally
not be permitted.
2. ICAI shall also host the details of the roll numbers of the examinees and the dates on
which they should appear for inspection of the evaluated answer books on its website
www.icai.org on a regular basis for the information of the examinees .
3. Inspection of answer books will be given only to the examinees , at their own cost,
and not to their parents, guardians, or any other person representing the examinee, in
this behalf. At the time of physical inspection, only the examinee will be permitted to
inspect and no one else will be permitted to accompany him/her.
4. Physically challenged examinees ( including those who are visually challenged and
those challenged by cerebral palsy etc) and have been allowed the facility of a writer
for the examination in question, will have the option to bring along the same person,
who acted as his/her writer, for inspection of his/her answer books, at their own cost.
5. Inspection of evaluated answer books will be given only at the ICAI’s office at
NOIDA, at the following address, on working days at the appointed date and time.
Inspection of the answer books shall not be allowed at any other location of the
Institute’s offices.
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
ICAI Bhawan
A-29, Sector 62,
Dist. Gautam Buddh Nagar (U.P)
NOIDA 201309
6. The examinee will be required to produce his/her admit card or his student identity
card or any other photo identity card duly certified by a Chartered Accountant, at the
time of inspection of answer books as a proof of his identity.
7. The examinee will not be allowed to carry mobile phone, camera or any other
electronic gadget or any paper or pen at the time of inspection.
8. However, the examinee will be permitted carry the relevant question paper and also
note down question-wise marks secured by him/her, on a sheet of paper with pencil
supplied by the Institute.
9. No queries relating to the examination, evaluation, or any other thing that may arise
from the inspection of the answer books or otherwise, by the examinees, will be
entertained during the process of inspection.
10. The examinees are required to sign a register in acknowledgement of having availed
of the inspection of evaluated answer books.
11. Inspection of a set of evaluated answer books will be permitted only once.
Points relevant to providing certified copies of evaluated answer books only:
1. Certified copies of the same set of evaluated answer books will be provided only
once.
2. ICAI shall provide certified copies of evaluated answer books ( in single copy only).
3. ICAI shall host the details of the roll numbers of the examinees whose applications
for certified copies have already been dispatched, on its website www.icai.org on a
regular basis for the information of the examinees.
4. On receipt of certified copies of the evaluated answer books, the examinee shall be
the sole custodian of it and under any circumstances the examinee shall not part with
the custody/possession of the same and also shall not use the same for any other
purpose/s, including reference to experts/media etc.
5. The certified copies so obtained by the examinee shall be for his/her exclusive use.
Neither the said examinee nor any other person can use the said copy to dispute or
challenge the quality of assessment or quantum of marks assigned to the answers
therein.
Application format for seeking inspection/certified copies of evaluated answer books
(Necessarily in examinee’s own handwriting)
Date:
The Deputy Secretary (Exams)
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
AB Cell
Examination Dept
ICAI Bhawan
Indraprastha Marg
New Delhi 110 002
No.
Mobile:
Examination : CPT/PCE/IPCE/ATE/Units/Final/CPT/ ISA/IRM/ITL&WTO/MAC/TMC/CMC
Roll No
Particulars of answer books, copies/inspection of which sought: (tick the relevant boxes)
Inspection
Certified copies
Date:
Declaration:
I hereby declare and affirm that the details mentioned above relate to me only and are true to the
best of my knowledge and belief.
I hereby declare that I have read and understood the terms and conditions of the scheme
framed by the ICAI regarding providing inspection/certified copies of evaluated answer
books and that I shall abide by them in letter and spirit.
I am seeking inspection/certified copies of my evaluated answer books for my own academic
guidance and shall not use them, for any other purpose.
I understand that the certified copies so obtained by me shall be for my exclusive use. I shall
be the sole custodian of the copies of the evaluated answer books as and when they are made
available to me by the Institute and I shall not under any circumstances part with the
custody/possession of the same and shall not use the same for any other purpose/s.
Neither I nor any other person shall use the said copy/ies or information acquired during
inspection of evaluated answer books to dispute or challenge the quality of assessment or
quantum of marks assigned to the answers therein.
Signature of candidate
Name:
Regn NO.
Exam
Roll No.
Address:

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