Central Information Commission
File No.CIC/SM/A/2009/001601 & CIC/SM/C/2010/900001
dated 06072009
Right to Information Act2005Under Section (19)
Dated: 23 April 2010
Name of the Appellant : Shri P B Durgannavar
Plot No. 2551/1, Sector - 12,
Income Tax Colony, Beside NH4,
Mahantesh Nagar, MM Extn,
Belgaum - 590 016.
Name of the Public Authority : CPIO, State Bank of India,
Industrial Relations Department,
Corporate Centre, State Bank
Bhawan,
Mumbai - 400 021.
The Appellant was present in person.
On behalf of the Respondent, the following were present:
(i) Shri A. P. Thorang, AGM (Law),
(ii) Shri Bhatt
2. In this case, the Appellant had, in his application dated 6 July 2009,
requested the CPIO for some information regarding the SBIVRS. His
application was transferred to the CPIO in the Corporate Centre of the Bank on
13 July 2009 and the CPIO there responded to him on 17 July 2009 stating that
no such information as sought was being compiled. Not satisfied with this
response, the Appellant preferred an appeal on 27 July 2009 which the
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Appellate Authority dismissed holding that there was no ground for the appeal.
Consequently, the Appellant has come to the CIC in second appeal. The CIC
Registry has registered two separate appeals on the same matter probably
because these were received at different times.
3. We heard this case through videoconferencing. The Appellant was
present in the Belgaum studio of the NIC whereas the Respondents present in
the Mumbai studio. We heard their submissions. We carefully examined the
request for information and noted that it was indeed quite vague and not
specific. The CPIO has already informed him that the desired information was
not being compiled nor maintained in the manner in which it has been sought.
We tend to agree with the CPIO.
4. In fact, from the submissions made by the Appellant, it was clear that he
had a grievance against the Bank in the matter of his own VRS. Surely, this is
not the forum to redress his grievance. If he would request for any specific
information, the CPIO is bound to provide that to him. The present appeal is
without any merit. It is, thus, disposed off.
5. Copies of this order be given free of cost to the parties.
(Satyananda Mishra)
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.
CIC/SM/A/2009/001601 & CIC/SM/C/2010/900001
(Vijay Bhalla)
Assistant Registrar
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