Central Information Commission
Appeal No.CIC/PB/A/2008/1087-SM dated 13.03.2008
Right to Information Act-2005-Under Section (19)
Dated: 26 August 2009
Name of the Appellant : Shri Anil Kumar Garg,
DCWE B/R, CWE - Allahabad,
Near Cantt.,
Allahabad - 211 011.
Name of the Public Authority : CPIO, State Bank of India,
Local Head Office,
GM (NW-2), Sectt.,
11, Sansad Marg,
New Delhi - 110 001.
The Appellant was not present.
On behalf of the Respondent, the following were present:-
(i) Shri Anil Kumar Baheti, Manager (Law)
(ii) Shri P.K. Modi, Chief Manager
(iii) Shri Shoorvir Singh, D.M (Law)
The brief facts of the case are as under.
2. The Appellant had requested the CPIO in his application dated March
13, 2008 four some information regarding the pension drawn by one Smt
Sushila Devi Garg. The CPIO replied on April 28, 2008 and denied the
information citing the exemption provisions contained in Section 8(1) (d),
(e) and (j) of the Right to Information (RTI) Act. Not satisfied with this
reply, he sent an appeal to the Appellate Authority on May 8, 2008. The
Appellate Authority decided his appeal in his order dated July 15, 2008 and
dismissed it by endorsing the decision of the CPIO in denying the
information which concerned the account details of a third party customer
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of the Bank. The Appellant has now moved the CIC in second appeal against
the denial of information.
3. The Appellant was not present during the hearing. The Respondent
was present and submitted that the information sought clearly concerned
the pension account details of one of their customers. The Appellant had
not indicated if he had any authorisation from the said account holder about
whom he was seeking this information. In the absence of any such
authorisation, the CPIO was right in denying the information as the Bank
held such information in commercial confidence and the disclosure of such
information did not ostensibly serve any public interest. The exemption
provision under which this information had been denied seems appropriate.
4. The appeal is, above, 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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