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Case No. CIC/SS/C/2011/000170
Name of Complainant : Mr. Fagesh Kumar Sahu
Name of Respondent : Ministry of Mines
Indian Bureau of Mines,
ORDER
The Commission has received a complaint dated 4..4.2011 from Mr.
Fagesh Kumar Sahu u/s 18 of the RTI Act, 2005, against the Ministry of Mines,
Indian Bureau of Mines, Nagpur pertaining to his RTI-request dated 9.3.2011.
2. Perused the documents submitted by the complainant. It is observed that
complainant’s RTI-request dated 9.3.2011 was replied to by CPIO, Ministry of
Mines, Indian Bureau of Mines, Nagpur, vide letter No. 12016(2)/2006-RTI/TC
Part-III dated 18.3.2011.
3. The complainant has not availed the first-appellate channel u/s 19(1) of
the RTI Act.
4. In order to avoid multiple proceedings in appeal and complaint, the CPIO
is directed to intimate to the complainant the name and address of the 1st
Appellate Authority within fifteen days of receipt of this Order before whom the
complainant can file first-appeal, if any.
5. In case the complainant is not satisfied with the decision of First Appellate
Authority, he is at liberty to file a second appeal afresh before the Commission,
under section 19(3), along with complaint u/s 18, if any, within the prescribed
time limit.
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Case No. CIC/SS/C/2011/000170
The complaint is disposed of with above directions.
Sd/-
(Sushma Singh)
Information Commissioner
19.5.2011
Authenticated true copy:
(S.Padmanabha)
Under Secretary & Deputy Registrar
Copy to:
1. Mr. Fagesh Kumar Sahu,
JMG House, Panchsheel Nagar,
Civil Lines, Raipur,
Chattisgarh-492001.
2. The C.P.I.O.,
Shri R.K. Porwal,
Regional Mining Geologist,
Ministry of Mines,
Indian Bureau of Mines,
TMP Division,
Nagpur, (Maharashtra).