Central Information Commission, New Delhi
File No.CIC/SM/A/2010/000597
Right to Information Act2005Under Section (19)
Date of hearing : 17 January 2011
Date of decision : 17 January 2011
Name of the Appellant : Shri P V Appa Rao,
H.No. 13199/1/2,
Madhusudan Nagar, Malakagiri,
Hyderabad - 500 047.
Name of the Public Authority : Bank of Baroda,
Regional Office (A.P.), 36262/6,
Tirumala Estates, 3rd Floor,
Himayatnagar, Hyderabad - 500 029.
The Appellant was not present in spite of notice.
No one was present on behalf of the Respondent.
Chief Information Commissioner : Shri Satyananda Mishra
2. Neither party was present in the Hyderabad studio of the NIC in spite of
notice.
3. The Appellant had wanted to know about the compromise amount fixed
by the Bank to different flats of the Vinay Apartments pursuant to the Bank
winning the suit in the DRT. The CPIO had refused information by claiming
exemption under the provisions of Section 8 of the Right to Information (RTI)
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Act. He did not however specify the exact provision under which this
information was being denied.
4. We carefully considered the facts of the case. The CPIO had not
disputed the fact that the Bank had reached some compromise with the flat
owners in this particular apartment block following the Bank winning the case
filed before the DRT. If the compromise reached by the Bank involved any
concession/relaxation and the loans were settled for a lesser amount, surely,
this cannot be any longer held back as personal information or as commercial
confidence. We have consistently held that whenever the Bank gives any
concession or relaxation to any individual customer, the information regarding
this must be placed in the public domain. In line with this, we now direct the
CPIO to provide to the Appellant within 10 working days from the receipt of this
order the information regarding the compromise amount settled by the Bank
with the flat owners in this particular apartment block.
5. The appeal is disposed off accordingly.
6. Copies of this order be given free of cost to the parties.
(Satyananda Mishra)
Chief Information Commissioner
Authenticated true copy. Additional copies of orders shall be supplied against
application and payment of the charges prescribed under the Act to the CPIO of this
Commission.
(Vijay Bhalla)
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Deputy Registrar
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