Central Information Commission, New Delhi
File No.CIC/SM/A/2010/000700
Right to Information Act2005Under Section (19)
Date of hearing : 23 February 2011
Date of decision : 23 February 2011
Name of the Appellant : Shri Chandermani Kumar
S/o. Shri Anand Prasad,
Moh. Salempur,
Post & Thansa Sohsarai,
Distt - Nalanda.
Name of the Public Authority : CPIO, Madhya Bihar Gramin Bank,
Regional Office, Ramchanderpur,
Biharsharif.
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. We had fixed this case for hearing through video conferencing. However,
in spite of notice, neither party was present in the Nalanda studio of the NIC.
3. The Appellant had sought some information regarding one Ranjit Kumar
allegedly working in some Branch of the Bank even though not employed by the
Bank. It is not clear if the CPIO had responded to his request. The Appellate
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Authority, however, provided the desired information in his order. We find the
information provided by the Appellate Authority adequately meeting the
requests made by the Appellant. Thus, there is no need to provide any more
information in this regard.
4. However, the fact remains that the CPIO had not provided any
information within the stipulated period of 30 days. For this, he has rendered
himself liable for imposition of penalty in terms of the provisions of Section
20(1) of the Right to Information (RTI) Act. Before deciding on the penalty, we
would like to hear his explanation. Therefore, we direct the present CPIO to
forward a copy of this order to the officer who had received the application and
was supposed to provide the information with the further direction that that
officer(s) shall appear before the Commission (Room No. 306, 2nd Floor, B
Wing, August Kranti Bhawan, Bhikaji Cama Place, New Delhi – 110 066)
on 1 April 2011 at 12.45 p.m. and offer his explanation for not providing the
information in the first place. If he fails to provide any satisfactory explanation,
we will proceed to impose penalty on him without giving any further opportunity
of hearing.
5. The appeal is disposed off accordingly.
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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)
Deputy Registrar
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