CENTRAL INFORMATION COMMISSION
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Decision No.CIC/SG/C/2010/001109/9300
Complaint No.CIC/SG/C/2010/001109
COMPLAINT REMANDED : FAA and RPFC-I
TO Employees Provident Fund Organisation
Regional Office, Mumbai-I (CSD),
341, Bhavisya Nidhi Bhawan,
Bandra-E, Mumbai-400051.
Complainant : Mr. Arvidn Kumar Aggarwal
D-343, Aya Nagar,
PO-Mehrauli, New Delhi-110030.
Respondent : Central Public Information Officer
Employees Provident Fund Organisation
Regional Office, Mumbai-I (CSD),
341, Bhavisya Nidhi Bhawan,
Bandra-E, Mumbai-400051.
Facts
arising from the Complaint:
The complainant had filed an application with the PIO on 17/05/2010 asking for certain
information. He received a reply from the PIO on 02/08/2010, which he 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
08/09/2010
Encl: RTI Application dated 17/05/2010
PIO reply dated 02/08/2010
(For any further correspondence in this matter, please mention the file number given above.) GJ