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Decision No.CIC/SG/C/2010/001177 /9535
Complaint No.CIC/SG/C/2010/001177
COMPLAINT REMANDED : FAA through CPIO
TO O/o Welfare Commissioner
Labour Welfare Organization
Ajmer Region, 114 B, Jatiya Hills
Datanagar, Ajmer, Rajasthan
Complainant : Mr.Shyam Singh Ranawat
Behind Bada Mandir, Bahala
Khatiyon Ki GaliBhilwada-311001
Rajasthan
Respondent : Public Information Officer
O/o Welfare Commissioner
of Labour and Emploment
B 115, Godavari Bhawan
Datanagar, Ajmer, Rajasthan
Facts
arising from the Complaint:
The complainant had filed an application with the PIO on 26/06/2010 asking for
certain information. He received a reply dated 21/07/2010 from the PIO, which he found
to be unsatisfactory. The Complainant has therefore filed a complaint with the
Commission under Section 18 of the RTI Act, 2005. The complainant has not used the
alternate and efficacious remedy of First Appeal available under Section 19 (1) of the
RTI Act. Consequently, the First Appellate Authority has not had the chance to review
the PIO’s decision as envisaged under the RTI Act.
Therefore, the matter is remanded to the First Appellate Authority with a direction to
decide the matter in accordance with the provisions of the RTI Act, after giving all
concerned parties an opportunity to be heard.
Decision:
The Complaint is disposed off.
Notice of this decision be given free of cost to the parties.
Shailesh Gandhi
Information Commissioner
28/09/2010
Encl: Compliant dated 13/09/2010
PIO reply dated 21/07/2010
(For any further correspondence in this matter, please mention the file number given above.) JA