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Case No. CIC/SS/C/2011/900552
Name of Complainant : Mr. Aniruddha Bakshi
Name of Respondent : Bharat Coking Coal Ltd .
ORDER
The Commission has received a complaint dated 21.12.2010 from Mr.
Aniruddha Bakshi u/s 18 of the RTI Act, 2005, against the Bharat Coking Coal
Ltd, Dhanbad for deemed refusal to his RTI request dated 15.9.2010.
2. In order to avoid multiple proceedings under sections 19 and 18 of the RTI
Act, viz., complaints and appeals, this case is remitted to CPIO, Bharat Coking
Coal Ltd, Dhanbad (along with copy of appeal and RTI-request), with the
following directions:
(i) In case no reply has been given by CPIO to the Complainant to his
RTI-request dated 15.9.2010, CPIO should furnish a reply to the
Complainant within two weeks of receipt of this order.
(ii) In case CPIO has already given a reply to the Complainant in the
matter, he should furnish a copy of his reply to the Complainant
within one week of receipt of this order.
(iii) CPIO should invariably indicate to the Complainant the name and
address of the 1st Appellate Authority, before whom the
Complainant can file first-appeal, if any.
3. In case the Complainant is not satisfied with the reply received from CPIO,
he, under section 19(1) of the RTI Act, may within the time prescribed, file his
first-appeal before the Appellate Authority (AA).
Case No. CIC/SS/C/2011/900552
4. On receipt of the first appeal from the petitioner as per the above
directions, AA should dispose of the appeal within the period stipulated in the RTI
Act.
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 appeal u/s 18, if any, within the prescribed time
limit.
The appeal is disposed of with above directions.
Sd/-
(Sushma Singh)
Information Commissioner
17.10.2011
Authenticated true copy:
(K.K. Sharma)
OSD & Dy. Registrar
Copy to:
1. Mr. Aniruddha Bakshi,
B/4, Bapuji Nagar,
P.O. Regent Estate,
Jadavpur (Near Sulekha),
First Floor, Flat No.1,
Kolkatta – 700092.
2. The C.P.I.O.,
Bharat Coking Coal Limited,
Koyla Bhawan, Koyla Nagar,
Dhanbad-826005.