Procedure for applying certified copies or inspection of evaluated answer books

PROCEDURE FOR APPLYING CERTIFIED COPIES OR INSPECTION OF EVALUATED ANSWER BOOKS

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An examinee may apply seeking inspection/certified copies of answer books, within
30 days from the date of declaration of respective result(s), with the applicable fee,
online at http://icaiexam.icai.org and pay the applicable fee online.

There is no provision for submission of such requests with late fee. Physical applications for Final/Intermediate and Foundation will not be entertained. Applications received later than 30 days from the date of declaration of results will not be entertained under any circumstances.

​The fee is Rs 500/- per paper for Final, Intermediate(IPC)/ATE/Unit, Foundation,
CPT and post qualification courses. This fee is not refundable. 

Procedure

• Upload a clear scanned copy of handwritten request in running handwriting, not in all CAPS (in English if the Medium was English else in Hindi if the Medium of exam was Hindi) duly signed containing all the relevant details like roll number, papers for which Inspection/Certified Copies are sought. Scan as A4 (100DPI, upto 200KB). The list of papers for which Inspection/Certified Copies will be provided,will be taken from your selection made thru the portal and not from what is written in the scanned image.

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• The payment has to be made online thru Net Banking or Credit / Debit Cards (Master / Visa / Maestro / Rupay).
• In case a candidate has applied for both Verification and Certified Copies/Inspection, the request/s for verification of answer books will be handled first and once the same is completed, thereafter the Certified Copies of your answer books will be sent. Verification is a time consuming process and it may take 6-8 weeks for completion of the same. In view of this, it is possible that supply of certified copies may get delayed by upto 6-8 weeks from the date of your application.
• In case the uploaded scanned image is not conforming to above parameters, the online application for inspection/certified copies will not be considered for any action and NO refund of fees for the same will be considered.
• Physically/visually/mentally challenged examinees who had been permitted by ICAI to engage the services of a scribe/writer for writing the examination, shall upload the application seeking inspection of the relevant evaluated answer books, in the handwriting of the same scribe/writer.
• If the examinee had appeared in Hindi medium, his/her application should be in Hindi.

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• Applications incomplete in any respect and/or with illegible entries or without the applicable fee are liable to be rejected.
• Applicants of Final/Intermediate and Foundation can check the status of their applications at http://icaiexam.icai.org
• Scanned copies of the evaluated answer books of Final/Intermediate and Foundation will be hosted by ICAI on a website and the relevant URL link and the user ID and password will be provided to the examinees by email at the e-mail address given by them in their application form. 
• Candidates can view scanned copies of their answer books and take print outs of the same by accessing the site with the User ID and password given to them at their convenience, in any case not later than 10 days from the date of hosting. 
• Under no circumstances, inspection/certified copies of answer books will be given to those examinees whose results have been withheld/cancelled/have not been declared for any reason whatsoever. Similarly no access to answer books will be allowed to examinees against whom unfair means cases are reported/under consideration
• For any/all dispute(s) relating to examinations conducted by the Institute, including on the above mentioned matters, the Courts at New Delhi shall have exclusive jurisdiction.
• Certified copies of the same set of evaluated answer books will be provided only once. 29. ICAI shall host the status of applications for certified copies of answer books at http://icaiexam.icai.org . Applicants can check whether the certified copies sought by them, have been hosted or not from the said website. 

Contact details:
E-mail IDs, as per the exam:
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected](For post qualification courses)

Help Desk: 0120 3054 851, 852, 853, 835
CPT : 0120-3894 811,812; 0120-3876 861
Foundation : 0120-3894 815, 0120-3045 985
Intermediate : 0120-3054 819, 806, 808, 0120-4953, 4953708,719
Final : 0120-3894 808, 809; 0120-3876 872
Post qualification courses : 0120-3054 836, 3054 842 

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​Before providing certified copies/inspection of evaluated answer books to the
examinees, verification of answer books, within the scope of Regulation 39(4), will
be carried out, by the office, suo motu, in respect of all applications for inspection
and/or certified copy of evaluated answer book(s).

Verification under Regulation 39(4) covers the following aspects: 

• Whether any question or part thereof has remained unvalued
• Whether there is any totaling error in any question or total marks on the cover page 
• Whether there is any discrepancy between the step wise marks, total marks for each question indicated on the cover page​

However, it may be noted that re-evaluation of answers is not permissible under Regulation 39(4) of the CA Regulations 1988.

Consequent upon supply of certified copies/inspection of evaluated answer books,
discrepancy if any, within the scope of verification as envisaged in Regulation 39(4)
of the CA Regulations 1988 is noticed by the examinees, the examinees shall have
the option to bring it to the notice of the office, within one month from the date of
hosting of certified copies/inspection of evaluated answer books on the website.

​Inspection/supply of evaluated answer books will be provided, generally, within 30
days from the date of receipt of the application by ICAI, complete in all respects and
requisite fee.

​In the case of a request for supply of certified copies of evaluated answer books
relating to Common Proficiency Test (CPT), Papers 3 & 4 of Foundation and
ISA(AT), only photocopy of the relevant OMR answer sheet will be provided. The
relevant question paper or the key will not be provided

​Inspection/certified copies of evaluated answer books of the examinees would be
provided to the concerned examinee only and to no other person, under any
circumstances.