Central Information Commission, New Delhi
File No.CIC/WB/A/2010/000492SM
Right to Information Act2005Under Section (19)
Date of hearing : 31 March 2011
Date of decision : 31 March 2011
Name of the Appellant : Shri Dalveer Singh
S/o. Shri Dhaniram,
Vill & Post - Mohna,
Tehsil Ballabgarh,
Distt - Faridabad, Haryana.
Name of the Public Authority : CPIO, Central Information Commission,
2nd Floor, B Wing, August Kranti Bhawan,
Bhikaji Cama Place, New Delhi.
The Appellant was not present in spite of notice.
On behalf of the Respondent, the following were present:
(i) Shri D.C. Singh, Deputy Registrar & CPIO,
(ii) Shri M.C. Sharma, Nodal CPIO
(iii) Shri Tarun Kumar, AA
Chief Information Commissioner : Shri Satyananda Mishra
2. The Appellant was not present in spite of notice. We heard the
Respondents.
3. The Appellant had raised a number of queries regarding the procedure
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followed in the CIC in sending notice et cetera on second appeal in general and
about and an appeal in particular. The CPIO had provided him with the desired
information against all his queries. The Appellate Authority had also endorsed
the decision of the CPIO.
4. In the second appeal before the Commission, the Appellant has alleged
that the information provided is both incorrect and was provided late. After
carefully considering the contents of the RTI application and the reply given by
the CPIO, we do not find anything wrong in the information already provided.
Besides, the slight delay of a couple of days in replying to the Appellant
appears to be reasonable in the circumstances that the CPIO concerned had to
search for the information out of the huge number of appeals received in the
Commission from time to time. However, we would like to advise the CPIO to
be more careful in future and to stick to the timelines stipulated in the Right to
Information (RTI) Act.
5. There is nothing more to be done in the case. It is disposed of
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.
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(Vijay Bhalla)
Deputy Registrar
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