Central Information Commission, New Delhi
File No.CIC/WB/C/2010/000119SM
Right to Information Act2005Under Section (19)
Date of hearing : 8 June 2011
Date of decision : 8 June 2011
Name of the Complainant : Shri Chatram Desh Bandhu
204, Sansi Colony, Baggi Khana,
Ratannad, Jodhpur, Rajasthan.
Name of the Public Authority : CPIO, Central Vigilance Commission,
Satarkta Bhawan, GPO Complex,
Block A, INA, New Delhi - 110 023.
The Appellant was present in person.
On behalf of the Respondent, Shri Prabhat Kumar, Director was present.
Chief Information Commissioner : Shri Satyananda Mishra
2. This case was fixed for hearing through video conferencing. The
Complainant was present in the Jodhpur studio of the NIC while the
Respondent was present in our chamber. We heard their submissions.
3. The Complainant had sought some information regarding a complaint
against some officials of the Desert Medicine Research Centre. It appears he
did not receive the reply of the CPIO in which a sum of Rs. 224 had been
demanded for providing 112 pages of information. Similarly, when the Appellate
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Authority disposed of the appeal filed by the Complainant, he had also referred
to the need for payment of a certain amount of charge for getting the
information but that decision did not reach the Complainant either.
4. Today, during the hearing, the Complainant agreed to pay this amount
for getting the information. He was advised about the exact authority in whose
favour the amount should be sent. We, therefore, direct that the CPIO shall
provide the entire information as desired within five working days of receiving
the charges as above from the Complainant.
5. The complaint is disposed of 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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