Central Information Commission Judgements

Mr.S K Rathee vs Ministry Of Home Affairs on 10 September, 2010

Central Information Commission
Mr.S K Rathee vs Ministry Of Home Affairs on 10 September, 2010
                        Central Information Commission
                  Room No. 5, Club Building, Near Post Office
                   Old J.N.U. Campus, New Delhi - 110067
                              Tel No: 26161997
                                                        Case No. CIC/SS/A/2010/000325

        Name of the Appellant               :      Shri S.K. Rathee
                                                   (The Appellant was not Present)
              
        Name of the Public Authority :             Delhi Police, Outer Distt. 
                                                   Pushpanjali,  Delhi 
                                                   Represented by Shri Om Kumar,APIO, 
                                                   Shri   Dilip   Shukla,   Inspector   and   Shri 
                                                   Madan Lal, S.I. 

        The matter was heard on     :              10.9.2010.

                                            ORDER

      Shri S.K. Rathee, the Appellant, vide his application dated 24.11.2009 
requested   for   the     following   information   under   the   RTI   Act,   2005   from   the 
PIO/Outer District:­

         "Copy of the statement of Shri Surinder Singh Solanki S/o Shri Munshi  
Ram of Village and P.O. Poonth Kalan, Delhi taken down by S.I. Shri Gulshan  
or   his   official   of   Police   /Station   Sultanpuri   Delhi­41   in   compliance   to   the  
complaint diaried on DD No.308 dated 1.11.2008 in Police Station, Sultanpuri, 
Delhi­41."

       Shri B.K Singh, PIO, Outer District, Delhi, Office of the Addl. DCP­1, vide 
his reply dated 24.12.2009 informed the appellant as follows:­

        "In reference to your application dated 24.1.2009 which was received in  
this office on   30.11.2009 for seeking information under Right to Information 
Act, 2005, I am to state the reply   on the basis of report/comments/documents 
obtained from SHO/Sultan Puri through ACP/Sultan Puri/Outer District, Delhi, 
that   as   per   available   record   of   P.S/.Sultan   Puri,   Delhi   no   statement   was  
recorded by S.I. Gulshan Gupta in respect of Shri Surinder Singh Solanki, S/o  
Shri   Munshi   Ram,   R/o   Vill.   Pooth   Kalan,   Delhi   during   the   enquiry   of   the  
complaint received vide DD No. 30­B dated 1.11.2008 P.S. Sultan Puri, Delhi."
         Not   satisfied  with   the   reply  of   the   CPIO,   the   Appellant  filed   the   first 
appeal before the First Appellate Authority.   Smt. Chhaya Sharma, DCP, Outer 
District/FAA  vide  order  dated  26.3.2010  reiterated  the   reply  of  CPIO,  Outer 
District.   Not satisfied with the reply of FAA, the Appellant filed the present 
appeal   before   the   Commission   in   which   he   submits   that   he   has   not   been 
provided the requisite documents by the Respondent.

During the hearing the Respondent submits that requisite reply to the 
RTI application has been provided to the Appellant within the time specified in 
the RTI Act, 2005.

After hearing the Respondent and on perusal of relevant documents on 
file, the Commission is of the view that requisite information as per record and 
permissible under the RTI Act  has been provided to the Appellant.

With   these   observations   the   matter   is   disposed   off   on   the   part   of 
Commission.

(Sushma Singh) 
                                                                           Information Commissioner 
10.09.2010