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Decision No. CIC /SG/C/2009/001779/6933
Complaint No. CIC/SG/C/2009/001779
Complainant : Mr. R P Mishra
R/o 71, Pradhan Gate
Nankari, IIT-Kanpur
Uttar Pradesh
Respondent : Public Information Officer,
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
P.O- I.I.T Kanpur, U.P-208016
Facts
arising from the Complaint:
In the present matter the Commission had registered a complaint under Section 18 of the
RTI Act based on the Complainant’s letter dated 03/12/2009. However, the Commission has
observed that the aforesaid letter dated 03/12/2009 was not a Complaint under Section 18 of the
RTI Act, but in the nature of a grievance against IIT Kanpur. Further, on the basis of this letter
the Commission had issued a notice to the PIO, IIT Kanpur on 29/12/2009 with a direction to
provide information on the Complainant’s RTI Application dated 25/09/2009 (which was
enclosed with his Complaint).
The Commission has received a letter dated 08/01/2010 from the PIO, IIT, Kanpur. It has
been brought to the Commission’s notice vide PIO’s aforesaid letter that the RTI Application
dated 25/09/2009 was not filed in the name of the Complainant but in the name of Mr. D.P Dixit.
Therefore, the Commission cannot take further action on this matter.
Decision:
Complaint is dismissed.
Notice of this decision be given free of cost to the parties.
Shailesh Gandhi
Information Commissioner
22/02/2010
(For any further correspondence in this matter, please quote the file no. mentioned above)(SP)