Central Information Commission, New Delhi
File No.CIC/WB/A/2010/000254SM
Right to Information Act2005Under Section (19)
Date of hearing : 27 May 2011
Date of decision : 27 May 2011
Name of the Appellant : Shri Anil Kumar Singh
R/o. 259/B, Patel Nagar - II,
Near New Bus Stand, Ghaziabad, UP.
Name of the Public Authority : CPIO, Cabinet Secretariat,
Rashtrapati Bhavan,
New Delhi - 110 004.
The Appellant was present in person.
On behalf of the Respondent, the following were present:
(i) Smt. Vandana Aggarwal, Director & CPIO,
(ii) Shri K.J. Sibichan, Under Secretary,
(iii) Shri B.B. Bhardwaj, Section Officer
Chief Information Commissioner : Shri Satyananda Mishra
2. Both the parties were present during the hearing and made their
submissions. The Appellant had sought two items of information regarding the
appointment of the CMD of the Air India in 2008 and 2009. The CPIO had
denied the information by invoking the exemption provisions of Section 8 (1) (i)
and (j) of the Right to Information (RTI) Act. The Appellate Authority had, it
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seems, endorsed this decision.
3. During the hearing, the Appellant submitted that since the decision of the
ACC about the appointment of certain individuals as the CMD of the Air India
had already been implemented, under the proviso to Section 8 (1) (i), the
decision of the ACC, the reason thereof and the material on the basis of which
the decisions were taken should be made public. In the present case, the
appointment of the two individuals, named in the RTI application, as the CMD of
Air India had been approved by the ACC and the decision of the ACC had been
implemented. The matter is thus, complete and over. Therefore, there is no
ground to withhold the desired information any longer.
4. We direct the CPIO to provide to the Appellant within 10 working days
from the receipt of this order the copies of the relevant material based on which
the ACC had approved the appointment of these two individuals as CMD of the
Air India.
5. The case is disposed off 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.
CIC/WB/A/2010/000254SM
(Vijay Bhalla)
Deputy Registrar
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