Central Information Commission
File No.CIC/SM/A/2010/000283, 800 & 801
Right to Information Act2005Under Section (19)
Dated: 22 October 2010
Name of the Appellant : Shri Ashok Saxena
C93, Ekta Nagar,
Bareilly, U.P.
Name of the Public Authority : CPIO, Union Bank of India,
Sharada Tower, 2nd Floor,
Kaputhala Complex, Aliganj,
Lucknow.
The Appellant was present in person.
On behalf of the Respondent, the following were present:
(i) Shri Rewatkar, AGM,
(ii) Shri Harish Kumar, CM (Law),
(iii) Shri Sunil Singh, Manager (Law)
2. We heard these three cases through videoconferencing. The Appellant
was present in the Bareilly studio of the NIC. The Respondents were present in
the Lucknow studio. We heard their submissions.
3. In three separate applications, the Appellant had sought a large number
of information regarding the status and details of a number of loan accounts of
various customers of the bank as well as about the charge sheet etc in respect
of some employees of the bank. Although the CPIO had provided a number of
information, he had denied many others claiming exemption under various
provisions of the Right to Information (RTI) Act. After carefully considering the
submissions of both the parties and the facts of the case, we think that the
following information should be provided to the Appellant:
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i) the verified date on which the cash credit account of M/s Bhardwaj
Automobiles turned irregular;
ii) the period of posting and the duties assigned to 8 officers listed by the
Appellant in item 6 of his application dated 15 January 2009 (appeal
number 283);
iii) copy each of the charge sheet, dismissal order and order of
reinstatement issued to JB Chaudhury;
iv) the number of loan accounts financed by HR Lal which had been
written off along with the total amount involved;
v) the number of loan accounts financed by HR Lal which had been
compromised along with the total amount involved; and
vi) the present status of the cash credit loan accounts of M/s Bhardwaj
Automobiles and M/s Hind Building Material in the Ballia Branch.
4. We direct the CPIO to provide the above information to the Appellant
within 10 working days from the receipt of this order.
5. The remaining information sought by the Appellant relate to the loan
accounts of various customers of the bank and cannot be disclosed being in the
nature of commercial confidence. Section 8(1) (d) of the Right to Information
(RTI) Act clearly exempts such information from disclosure.
6. With the above directions, these appeals had disposed off.
7. Copies of this order be given free of cost to the parties.
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(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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