Central Information Commission
File No.CIC/SM/A/2010/000206
Right to Information Act2005Under Section (19)
Dated: 30 September 2010
Name of the Appellant : Shri S. Vishwanath Rao
H.No. 2393, 10th Main,
E Block, Rajajinagar, IInd Stage,
Bangaluru.
Name of the Public Authority : CPIO, Indian Bank,
Head Office, 66,
Rajaji Salai, Chennai.
The Appellant was represented by Shri Raghvendra.
On behalf of the Respondent, Smt. Shashi Rekha was present.
2. We heard this case through videoconferencing. The Appellant was
present in the Bangalore studio of the NIC along with his advocate. The
Respondents were present in the Chennai studio. We heard their submissions.
3. The Appellant had wanted copies of several orders in respect of nine
employees of the bank, such as, their appointment and confirmation orders etc.
The CPIO had refused to disclose this information by claiming exemption under
various provisions of the Right to Information (RTI) Act. On careful examination
of the RTI request, we do not think that any of these provisions should be
attracted to the kind of information sought. The Appellant has asked for only
administrative details about some employees. In fact, some of this information
should be ordinarily available in the public domain under Section 4(1) (b) of the
Right to Information (RTI) Act. Therefore, we now direct the CPIO to provide to
the Appellant within 10 working days from the receipt of this order attested
photocopies of the orders sought by him in respect of the nine employees of the
bank.
4. With the above direction, the appeal is disposed off.
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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.
(Vijay Bhalla)
Assistant Registrar
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