dsUnzh; lwpuk vk;ksx Central Information Commission Dyc Hkou] utnhd Mkd[kkuk/ Club Building, Near Post Office iqjkuk ts-,u-;w- ifjlj / Old J.N.U. Campus ubZ fnYyh 110067 / New Delhi - 110067 (Ph: 01126160943) ***** No.CIC/SM/C/2010/001198 Dated: 3 January 2011 Name of the Complainant : Er. Nalin Tayal GATS Financial Reconstruction Ltd., SCO 1,2,3 - B, Swami Vivekanand Vridhashram Market, B - Block, Model Town Extension, Ludhiana - 141 002. Name of the Public Authority : The Appellate Authority Canara Bank, Circle Office, Plot No. 1, Sector 34A, Chandigarh. ORDER
Er. Nalin Tayal of Ludhiana has complained to the Central Information
Commission that he received no reply/information from the Branch
Manager/Central Public Information Officer although he had filed his RTI
application on 25 October 2010. The CPIO has provided an interim reply dated
19 November 2010 by saying that revert back to him shortly. A copy each of
the RTIapplication and the complaint are enclosed for ready reference.
2. It is noted that the Complainant did not have an opportunity to go to the
Appellate Authority and has directly approached the Commission with his
complaint. In exercise of powers vested under Section 18(1) of the Right to
Information (RTI) Act, we direct the Appellate Authority to enquire into the
allegations made by the Complainant and after giving him an opportunity of
hearing, to pass an appropriate order with a view to ensuring that the desired
information is provided to the Complainant without any further loss of time.
3. We also direct the Appellate Authority to obtain the explanation of the
Branch Manager/CPIO in writing for not providing the information in time and to
forward the same to us along with his comments before 3 February 2011. We
will decide on the imposition of penalty on the Branch Manager/CPIO in terms
of Section 20(1) of the Right to Information (RTI) Act thereafter.
4. In case the Complainant is not satisfied with the orders of the Appellate
Authority, he is free to approach this Commission again in second appeal.
5. The Commission ordered accordingly.
(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.
(Vijay Bhalla)
Assistant Registrar