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Decision No. CIC/SG/C/2010/000605/7674
Complaint No. CIC/SG/C/2010/000605
COMPLAINT REMANDED TO : The Dy. Commissioner (NG) & FAA
Govt. of NCT of Delhi
O/o the Dy. Commissioner (Najafgarh)
BDO Office Complex,
Najafgarh, New Delhi – 110043
Complainant : Mr. Ateendra Singh Dabas
S/o. Shri Rajinder Singh Dabas,
C-1/1257, Vasant Kunj
New Delhi – 110070
Public Information Officer : The SDM (NG) & PIO
Govt. of NCT of Delhi
O/o the SDM (Najafgarh)
BDO Office Complex,
Najafgarh, New Delhi – 110043
Decision:
The complainant had filed an application with the PIO on 09/04/2010 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.
The Complaint is disposed off.
Notice of this decision be given free of cost to the parties.
Shailesh Gandhi
Information Commissioner
10-05-2010
Encl: Copy of RTI Application dated 09/04/2010
Copy of PIO’s reply dated 03/05/2010.
(For any further correspondence in this matter, please quote the file no. mentioned above) (k.j)