Central Information Commission
File No.CIC/SM/A/2009/001169 dated 31102008
Right to Information Act2005Under Section (19)
Dated: 19 May 2010
Name of the Appellant : Shri V P Monga
59, Hemkunj, Vijay Park,
Dehradun, Uttrakhand - 248 001.
Name of the Public Authority : CPIO, Punjab National Bank,
Circle Office,
Muzaffarnagar.
The Appellant was not present in spite of notice.
On behalf of the Respondent, Shri Dharamveer Singh was present.
2. In this case, the Appellant had, in his application dated 31 October 2008,
requested the CPIO to furnish certain information about a house in Dehradun
which was auctioned by the respondent bank. In his reply dated 17 November
2008, the CPIO rejected the request on the ground that the requested
information was exempted from disclosure under the Section 8 (1) (j) of the RTI
Act. Against this, the Appellant preferred an appeal by the letter dated 12
December 2008. The Appellate Authority in his order dated 29 December 2008,
endorsed the stand of CPIO. It is against this order that the Appellant has come
to the CIC in a second appeal.
3. We heard this case through videoconferencing. The Appellant was not
present in spite of notice. The Respondent was present in the Muzaffarnagar
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studio of the NIC. We heard their submissions. We do not agree with the CPIO
that the desired information could be denied under the said provisions at all. In
fact, the bank had sold a property by open auction and, therefore, for the sake
of transparency, details about such auction should be available in the public
domain. In view of this, we direct the CPIO to provide to the Appellant within 10
working days from receipt of this order such details as the number of bids
received, copy of the valuation report, if any, the date of the opening of the bids,
the name of the person in whose favour the bid was awarded, the minimum and
maximum amount of the bids received, the number of bidders who deposited
EMD, the total amount of EMD forfeited, if any, if the successful bidder has
deposited the full amount of the bid, the date of executing the sale agreement
and the date on which possession was given to the successful bidder.
4. With the above direction the appeal is disposed off.
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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