Mr.Santosh Kumarjaiswal vs Ministry Of Railways on 10 June, 2010

                                Central Information Commission


                                                                                               CIC/AD/A/2010/000021
                                                                                                 Date: 10th June, 2010

Name of the Appellant                  :             Mr. Santosh Kumar Jaiswal
Name of the Public Authority       :              Western Railway


Background

:

1. Mr. Santosh Kumar Jaiswal from UP filed an RTI application addressed to Sr. DCM and PIO, 
Western   Railway   on   11.08.2009.   The   Applicant   stated   that   his   wife   and   her   mother   had 

traveled by a specific train (Gujarat Sampark Kranti no.­2917) on 11.02.2009 from Ahmedabad 

to Mathura and sought information regarding the date and the place where the tickets for the 

same   were   booked   along   with   the   copy  of   the   reservation   ticket   and   reservation   chart   and 

information   on   whether  they  had   traveled   by  the  same   or not.   The   appeal  was  accordingly 

transferred   to   SR.   DCM,   Ahemdabad   Division   for   the   supply   of   information.   The   PIO   of 

Ahmedabad Division in his letter dated 16.10.2009 stated that the reservation chart/form cannot 

be   provided   as   they   are   maintained   only   for   a   period   of   6   months,     which   had   passed. 

Dissatisfied by the reply, the Applicant filed a First Appeal with the First Appellate Authority on 

05.11.2009 requesting him to provide the information about whether the records of the Trains 

no. 2917 were preserved or destroyed and whether the records of all the trains were reserved 

for 6 months and for how long were these records kept with the railway. On not receiving any 

reply   from   the   First   Appellate   Authority,   the   Applicant   filed   the   second   appeal   before   the 

Commission on 24.11.2009 requesting him to provide the  information. The Applicant stated that 

his wife had filed a Court Case accusing him of throwing her out of his house in Ahmedabad 

and further added that it was a planned move of his wife and her mother and she had taken her 

to her house at Agra and that he can prove his innocence only when the information is provided 

to him by the Railways.

2. The Bench of Mrs. Annapurna Dixit scheduled the hearing for  10th June, 2010.

3.   Mr. Dinesh Kumar Chachodia­ PIO, Western Railway represented the Public   Authority and 
was heard through video conferencing.

4. The Appellant was also heard through video conferencing.

Decision:

5. During the hearing the Commission noted that the Appellant after filing the RTI application, had 
submitted the PNR number of the Rail ticket. The Respondent stated that it would be possible to 

retrieve the information sought by the Appellant from the computer database, based on the PNR 

number,   provided   the   information   is   still   being   maintained     by   the   database   section.     The 

Respondent also stated that the database is maintained at Chattrapati Shivaji Station Office and 

also that there is a possibility that the details against the PNR may also be available at Delhi if 

not in Mumbai.

6. The Commission accordingly directs the PIO, WR to transfer the RTI Application to the PIO of 
the database office at Chattrapati Shivaji Station along with the PNR Number and directs the 

latter to provide the sought information within 10 days of receipt of the RTI application. 

7. The appeal is accordingly disposed of. 

                                                                                                      (Annanpurna Dixit)
Information Commissioner

Authenticated True Copy:

 (G. Subramanian)
Deputy Registrar 

Cc:

1. Mr. Santosh Kumar Jaiswal,
      Plot No.­ 2019, Avas Vikas No.­3,
      Panki­ Kalyanpur Road,
 Kanpur,
      Pin­208012, U.P

2. The Public Information Officer,
      Western Railway, DRM’s Office,
      Ahemdabad Division, 
Ahemdabad

3. The Appellate Authority,
      Western Railway, DRM’s Office,
      Ahemdabad Division, 
Ahemdabad

4. Officer In­charge, NIC

5. Press E Group, CIC