Central Information Commission, New Delhi
File No.CIC/SM/A/2009/001886
Right to Information Act2005Under Section (19)
Date of hearing : 14 December 2010
Date of decision : 14 December 2010
Name of the Appellant : Shri Hansdev Singh
Vill & Post - Samastipur,
Thana Sahebpurkamal,
Distt - Begusarai - 851 217.
Name of the Public Authority : CPIO, Allahabad Bank,
Zonal Office,
Muzaffarpur.
On behalf of the Respondent, Shri Sunil Kumar Singh, Manager was
present.
Information Commissioner : Shri Satyananda Mishra
2. In our order dated 29 October, we had directed (a) that a certain specific
number of information should be provided to the Appellant and (b) that the
Branch Manager should appear before us to explain why he had not responded
to the RTIapplication at all. Today, during the hearing, the Branch Manager
concerned was present before us and submitted that around the time the RTI
application was filed (23 May 2009), he was on leave due to the illness of his
son who had been admitted in Nimhans at Bangalore. He submitted that in his
absence, the RTIapplication had been received by the Assistant Manager, Shri
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Prabhat Kumar, who had probably misplaced the application and never brought
it up either before him or had transferred it to the designated CPIO. He further
informed that the said Shri Prabhat Kumar had since retired from the service
w.e.f. 31 May 2010. We verified the records produced by the Branch Manager
concerned and found that he was indeed on leave during this period.
3. We also perused the records produced by him and noted that the
desired information has since been sent to the Appellant/Complainant.
4. In view of the fact that the person concerned responsible for not
attending to the RTIapplication in time is no more in service of the Bank, it
would not be possible for the Commission to penalise any particular individual
for the delay in this case.
5. The case is disposed of accordingly.
6. Copies of this order be given free of cost to the parties.
(Satyananda Mishra)
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)
Assistant Registrar
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