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Decision No. CIC/SG/C/2010/001377/10132
Complaint No.CIC/SG/C/2010/001377
COMPLAINT REMANDED : First Appellate Authority
TO Sub Regional Office Siliguri and Sikkim
Hill Court Road Pradhan Nagar
Siliguri - 734003 WB
Complainant : Miss Meena Sanyal
16/17, Rabindra Avenue
Jyoti Complex, Flat No. 4e,PO & District Malda -
732101 WB
Respondent : Public Information Officer
Sub Regional Office Siliguri and Sikkim
Hill Court Road Pradhan Nagar
Siliguri - 734003 WB
Facts
arising from the Complaint:
The complainant had filed an application with the PIO on 20/02/2009 asking for certain
information. She received a reply from the PIO, which she found unsatisfactory. The
complainant has therefore filed a complaint with the Commission under Section 18 of the
RTI Act, 2005. The complainant has not used the alternate and efficacious remedy of
First Appeal available under Section 19 (1) of the RTI Act. Consequently, the First
Appellate Authority has not had the chance to review the PIO’s decision as envisaged
under the RTI Act.
Therefore, the matter is remanded to the First Appellate Authority with a direction to
decide the matter in accordance with the provisions of the RTI Act, after giving all
concerned parties an opportunity to be heard.
Decision:
The Complaint is disposed off.
Notice of this decision be given free of cost to the parties.
Shailesh Gandhi
Information Commissioner
23/11/2010
Encl: RTI Application dt. 03-09-2010
PIOs reply dt. 28-10-2010
(For any further correspondence in this matter, please mention the file number given above.) BK