CENTRAL INFORMATION COMMISSION
Room No. 308, B-Wing, August Kranti Bhawan, Bhikaji Cama Place, New Delhi-110066
File No. CIC/LS/A/2010/000102
Appellant : Shri N. Lal
Public Authority : Income Tax Department, Bharatpur.
(through - Shri Giriraj Prasad Janged, ITO, Ward-
III, Bharatpur)
Date of hearing : 31.03.2010
Date of Decision : 31.03.2010
Facts
:-
The matter is called for hearing today dated 31.03.2010. Appellant not present.
The Public Authority is represented by the officer named above. It is noticed that vide
RTI application dated 13.3.2009, the appellant had sought information about the identity
of the Income Tax payers of Sar-Mathura and Bari towns of Dholpur Distt. and the
quantum of tax paid by them etc. The CPIO had refused to disclose this information vide
letter dated 5.6.2009 u/s 8(1) of the RTI Act.
2. During the hearing, Shri Jangeed would submit that on verification made by the
Income Tax Department, it has been found that the appellant was living in village Kasauti
Khera of Dholpur District about 15 years back but his present whereabouts are not
known. Apart from the fact that the appellant has sought personal information, his
disappearance from his village creates doubts about his bona-fides and that it is quite
possible that he is seeking this information for extortion purposes.
DECISION
3. The information has been rightly denied in terms of clause 8(1)(j) of the RTI Act.
The appeal has no merit and is dismissed.
Sd/-
( M.L. Sharma )
Central 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.
(K.L. Das)
Assistant Registrar
Address of parties :
1. The Income Tax Officer,
Ward-III, Bharatpur,
Office of the Income Tax,
Bharatpur, Rajasthan.
2. Shri N. Lal, C/o Sh. R.N. Kamble,
S. No. 16, Ashok Bhoite Nagar,
Monajibaug, Bopori,
Pune-411003.