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Decision No. CIC /SG/C/2008/00200/1530
Complaint No. CIC/SG/C/2008/00200
Complainant : Mr. Pradeep Jain
Coordinator
Congress Head Office
Bhagat Singh Road
Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh
Respondent : The Public Information Officer
Indira Gandhi National Open University
Maidan Garhi, New Delhi
Facts
arising from the Complaint:
Mr. Pradeep Jain had filed a RTI application with the PIO, IGNOU, Delhi, on
09/08/2008 asking for certain information. Since no reply was received within the
mandated time of 30 days, he had filed a complaint under Section 18 to the Commission.
The Commission issued a notice to the PIO asking him to supply the information
and sought an explanation for not furnishing the information within the mandated time.
The PIO has informed the Commission that the information has been sent to the
complainant on 02/01/2009.
Decision:
Complaint Disposed Of.
The Commission condones the delay and warns the PIO to ensure that
information is given to applicants within 30 days as mandated under Section 7 (1) of the
RTI act.
Notice of this decision be given free of cost to the parties.
Shailesh Gandhi
Information Commissioner
February 9, 2009.