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Decision No. CIC/AD/C/2011/900784/SG/14890
Complaint No. CIC/AD/C/2011/900784/SG
Complainant : Mr. Bibhuti Bhusan Tripathy
Journalist, Dharitri
Badadanda Sahi
P.O-Khallikote
District- Ganjam, Orissa-761030
Respondent : Public Information Officer
Administrative Officer
Directorate of Field Publicity
Ministry of Information and Broadcast
Regional Office-Orissa
N-1/61-A, IRC Village, Bhubhaneshwar-15
Facts
arising from the Complaint:
Mr. Bibhuti Bhusan Tripathy had filed a RTI application with the PIO, Directorate of
Field Publicity, Regional Office-Orissa on 11/02/2011 asking for certain information. However
on not having received any information within the mandated time, the Complainant filed a
complaint under Section 18 of the RTI Act with the Commission. On this basis, the Commission
issued a notice to the Respondent PIO on 11/07/2011 with a direction to provide the information
to the Complainant and further sought an explanation for not furnishing the information within
the mandated time.
The Commission has received a letter dated 01/08/2011 from the Respondent wherein it
has been stated that information has been provided to the Complainant vide letter dated
07/04/2011. Copy of the information was also enclosed.
Decision:
The Complaint is disposed off.
The Commission warns the PIO to ensure that information is provided to applicants
within the mandated time as per Section 7(1) of the RTI Act 2005.
Notice of this decision be given free of cost to the parties.
Shailesh Gandhi
Information Commissioner
27 September 2011
(In any correspondence on this decision, mention the complete decision number.)(SP)