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F.No. CIC/AD/C/2011/000710 Dated: 29.07.2011
Complainant : Mr. Ashok Kumar Mishra
Quarter No. 2036, Sector - 2/C,
Post - BS City, Bokaro,
Jharkhand - 827 001
Respondents : CPIO
South Eastern Railway
Garden Reach Road,
Kolkata 700043
1. The Commission has received a Complaint Petition dated 17.03.2011
from Mr. Ashok Kumar Mishra, Jharkhand against the CPIO, South Eastern Railway,
Kolkata under provisions of the Right to Information Act, regarding non receipt of
information against his RTI requests dated 24.12.2010.
2. In order to avoid multiple proceedings under Sections 18 and 19 of the RTI Act,
viz., Appeals and Complaints, it is directed as follows:
i) Directions to CPIO: The CPIO, South Eastern Railway, Kolkata is directed as
follows:
a) In case no reply has been given to the RTI requests dated 24.12.2010 filed
by the Complainant, CPIO should furnish a reply to the Complainant within 1
week of receipt of this order.
b) 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 1 week of
receipt of this order.
c) CPIO should as a matter of regular practice always indicate to the
Complainant the name and the address of the 1st Appellate Authority, before
whom the First Appeal, if any, may be filed.
ii) Directions to Complainant:
(a) If the Complainant is aggrieved with the reply received from CPIO, under
Section 19(1) of the RTI Act, he may within the time prescribed file his First
Appeal before the 1st Appellate Authority, who would dispose of the appeal
under the relevant provisions of RTI Act.
(b) If the Complainant is still aggrieved with the decision of AA, he may
approach the Commission in 2nd Appeal under Section 19(3) along with the
Complaint u/s 18, if any, within the prescribed time limit.
iii) Directions to AA: On receipt of the 1st Appeal from the petitioner as per the
above directions, AA should dispose of the appeal within the period stipulated in
the RTI Act.
3. With the above directions, the matter is closed at the Commission’s end.
4. Issued with the approval of Information Commissioner, Mrs. Annapurna Dixit.
(G. Subramanian)
Deputy Registrar
Copy to:
1. Mr. Ashok Kumar Mishra
Quarter No. 2036, Sector – 2/C,
Post – BS City, Bokaro,
Jharkhand – 827 001
2. CPIO
South Eastern Railway
Garden Reach Road,
Kolkata 700043