Central Information Commission
CIC/AD/A/2009/001672
Dated April 28, 2010
Name of the Appellant : Smt. Preeti Priya
Name of the Public Authority : N E Railway, Varanasi
Background
1. The Applicant filed her RTI Request on 28.03.2009, with the PIO North Eastern Railway,
Varanasi, seeking information about the yearly income from 1st April, 2008 to 31st March,
2009 as given in form 16 of her husband, who is the Assistant LocoPilot with the
Railways. The PIO replied on 20.04.2009 denying information u/s 8 (1) (j) of the RTI Act,
2005 as the information is personal. Not satisfied, the Applicant filed her First Appeal on
03.07.2009 requesting for the information once again. On not receiving any reply from the
First Appellate Authority she filed her Second Appeal before the Commission on
10.08.2009
2. The Bench of Mrs. Annapurna Dixit, Information Commissioner, scheduled the hearing
for April 28, 2010.
3. Mr. Arvind Kumar Srivastava, APIO, Mr. Rajesh Prasad, Head Clerk, RTI Cell, and Mr.
Sumant Kar, Office Superintendent, Personnel Branch represented the Public Authority
and were heard through video conferencing.
4. The Applicant was not present for the hearing
Decision
5. The Respondent submitted that the earlier PIO had denied the information U/s 8 (1) (j) of
the RTI Act as personal information. However, in compliance with the Appellate
Authority’s order complete information was furnished to the Appellant on 24.08.2009 that
is after the date on which the Appellant had filed her Second Appeal. Since no further
complaint has been received from the Appellant after receiving the information , it is
assumed that she is satisfied with the information and accordingly the case is closed at
the Commission’s end.
(Annapurna Dixit)
Information Commissioner
Authenticated true copy:
(G. Subramanian)
Deputy Registrar
Cc:
1. Smt. Preeti Priya,
C/o Smt. Meera Kumari,
IGIMS, Shekhpur,
PO B.V College,
Thana Shastri nagar,
Patna 800014
2. The Public Information Officer,
North Eastern Railway,
Divisional Railway Manager’s Office,
Varanasi Division,
Varanasi
3. The Appellate Authority,
North Eastern Railway,
Divisional Railway Manager’s Office,
Varanasi Division,
Varanasi
4. Officer in charge, NIC
5. Press E Group, CIC