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Complaint: No. CIC/DS/C/2009/000033
Dated:-06-09-2010
Complainant : Mrs. Poonam Devi, Gopalganj
Public Authority : LIC of India, Muzaffapur
ORDER
The Commission has received a petition from Mrs. Poonam Devi, stating that her RTI-
application of 12/09/2008 filed with the CPIO, Divisional Office, Chandra Gokhula Road,
Nirmala Complex, Gopalganj-841428, has been replied by the CPIO vide letter dated 28/11/2008.
2. On perusing the papers submitted by the complaint, it is observed that she has not availed
the first-appellate channel u/s 19(1) of the RTI Act and has approached the Commission directly.
3. In view of above, the complainant is advised to file her first-appeal before the Appellate
Authority, under section 19(1) of the RTI Act within four weeks of the receipt of this order. The
Appellate Authority to take action as mandated under the RTI-Act, 2005 with a speaking order in
the matter.
4. In case the complainant still feels dissatisfied with the decision of AA, then she can
approach the Commission in second-appeal in prescribed format, along with complaint, if any.
5. The matter is closed at Commission’s end.
-sd-
(Smt. Deepak Sandhu)
Information Commissioner (DS)
Authenticated true copy:
(T. K. Mohapatra)
US & Dy. Registrar
Copy to:-
1. Mrs. Poonam Devi,
C/o Shri Sachdanand Mishra,
Village Banjaria, Post Debava,
Dist-Gopalganj (Bihar)
2. The PIO,
LIC of India
Chandra Gokhula Road,
Nirmala Complex,
Gopalganj-841428