Central Information Commission
CIC/AD/C/2009/000650
Dated June 1, 2010
Name of the Applicant : Shri V.B.Gupta
Name of the Public Authority : DGHS
Adjunct to CIC Order in the captioned case, dt.12.11.09
Background
1. The relevant extract from the decision in the above mentioned order is
reproduced below:
…..The Commission after warning the PIO to refrain from furnishing such illegible
photocopies in future directs the PIO to file an FIR with the concerned Police Station
about the missing files and also to given an Affidavit to the applicant about the missing
files while stating the reasons for their non availability besides allowing inspection of the
4 files as mentioned in the RTI application. The PIO also to provide photocopies of
documents he requires besides legible copies of documents already provided, all free of
cost.
2. The Bench of Mrs. Annapurna Dixit, Information Commissioner, scheduled the hearing
for June 1, 2010.
3. Shri Pitam Singh, CPIO represented the Public Authority.
4. The Applicant was present during the hearing.
Decision
5. The Appellant submitted that he had not been allowed inspection of files and that he had
received a copy of the FIR in which 7 files have been mentioned as lost while in transit
while information from 3 of the reported 7 lost files had already been provided to him,
albeit illegible in response to the RTI application. The CPIO submitted that he had taken
over charge recently and that the earlier CPIO had retired in February 2010 and that he
would look into the matter.
6. The Commission after hearing the submissions made under the authority directs the PIO
to conduct an enquiry into the whole issue of the lost files , fix responsibility and ensure
that appropriate disciplinary action is taken against the concerned officials, under
intimation to the Commission and to the Appellant.
7. The complaint is accordingly disposed of.
(Annapurna Dixit)
Information Commissioner
Authenticated true copy:
(G.Subramanian)
Deputy Registrar
Cc:
1. Shri V.B.Gupta
H.No.D112
Lajpat Nagar – I
New Delhi 110 024
2. The PIO
Directorate General of Health Services
CGHS – I Section
Nirman Bhawan
New Delhi
3. Officer incharge, NIC
4. Press E Group, CIC