Central Information Commission, New Delhi
File No.CIC/SM/C/2009/001050
Right to Information Act2005Under Section (19)
Date of hearing : 19 April 2011
Date of decision : 19 April 2011
Name of the Complainant : Shri Roshan Kumar
F80, Pocket D,
Mayur Vihar - II,
Delhi - 91.
Name of the Public Authority : CPIO, Bank of Baroda,
Bihar Region, Third Floor,
Anand Vihar, West Boring Canal Raod,
Patna - 800 001.
On behalf of the Respondent, Shri Arun Mishra was present.
Chief Information Commissioner : Shri Satyananda Mishra
2. Heard this case through video conferencing. The Respondent was
present in the Patna studio of the NIC. We heard his submissions.
3. In our order dated 29 January 2010, we had directed the CPIO not only
to provide the desired information to the complainant but also to explain why no
information had been provided in the first place. The Respondent submitted that
the desired information had since been provided following our orders. However,
in regard to the delay in the matter, he explained that the RTI application had
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been preferred in the Branch and not before the CPIO. He further submitted
that since the RTI application was not accompanied with an Indian postal order
duly endorsed, no action had been taken on it. In support of this claim, the copy
of the Indian postal order furnished by the complainant was shown. It is, indeed,
not endorsed in favour of the CPIO of the Bank.
4. The Respondent assured us that the branch managers had since been
sensitised about their role and responsibility in implementing the Right to
Information (RTI) Act and that such cases would no longer recur in future. In
these circumstances, we accept the explanation offered as reasonable and do
not intend to impose any penalty on the Branch Manager concerned.
5. The case 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)
Deputy Registrar
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