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Case No. CIC/SS/A/2011/000528
Name of Appeal : Smt. V. Radhika
Name of Respondent : Office of the Commissioner of Customs,
Central Excise & Service Tax, Hyderabad
Date of Hearing : 17.08.2011
ORDER
Smt. V. Radhika, the appellant has filed this appeal dated 13.1.2011 before the
Commission against the decision of FAA, Office of the Commissioner of Customs, Central
Excise & Service Tax, Hyderabad for denial of information to her RTI-request dated
15.8.2010. The matter came up for hearing on 17.8.2011 through videoconferencing. The
appellant was absent, whereas the respondents were represented by Shri Srikant Patil,
Additional Commissioner & FAA and Shri Aijaz Unnisa, CPIO at NIC videoconferencing
facility at Hyderabad.
2. The appellant filed RTI-request dated 15.8.2010 seeking information in a tabular
form (provided by the appellant) seeking information regarding supply of laser blades to
TTD, Tirupathi during the year 2005-06 to 2009-10 by M/s. Malhotra Shaving Products (P)
Ltd., Hyderabad.
3. Upon not getting the required information from the CPIO, the appellant preferred
first-appeal before FAA. The FAA vide order No. II/39/2010-RTI Tech (Appeal) dated
19.10.2010 upheld the reply of CPIO.
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4. On perusing the records, it is observed by the Commission that the appellant has
filed six identical second-appeals seeking information pertaining to M/s. Malhotra Shaving
Products (P) Ltd, Hyderabad through six different RTI-applications.
5. The Commission has heard one of the second-appeals of the appellant in case No.
CIC/SS/A/2011/000529 on 27.6.2011 and dismissed the appeal vide its order dated
6.7.2011
7. Consistent with the above-said decision of the Commission in Case No.
CIC/SS/A/2011/000529 dated 6.7.2011, the Commission observes that the information
regarding supply of laser blades to TTD, Tirupathi during the year 2005-06 to 2009-10 by
M/s. Malhotra Shaving Products (P) Ltd., Hyderabad, as per her RTI-request dated
25.8.2010 cannot be disclosed to the appellant.
The appeal is dismissed.
(Sushma Singh)
Information Commissioner
26.8.2011
Authenticated true copy:
(K.K. Sharma)
OSD & Deputy Registrar
Address of the parties:
Smt. V. Radhika,
H. No. 11-13-156, Road No. 3, Alkapuri,
Near R.K. Puram
Hyderabad-500035
The Assistant Commissioner & CPIO,
Office of Commissioner of Customs & Central Excise,
Hyderabad-IV Commissionerate, Posnett Bhavan,
Tilak Road, Ramakoti,
Hyderabad-500001.
The Additional Commissioner &First Appellate Authority,
Office of Commissioner of Customs & Central Excise,
Hyderabad-IV Commissionerate, Posnett Bhavan,
Tilak Road, Ramakoti,
Hyderabad-500001.
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