{"id":127226,"date":"2011-06-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-06T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/mr-manish-mehra-vs-ministry-of-labour-and-employment-on-7-june-2011"},"modified":"2018-03-10T14:36:30","modified_gmt":"2018-03-10T09:06:30","slug":"mr-manish-mehra-vs-ministry-of-labour-and-employment-on-7-june-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/mr-manish-mehra-vs-ministry-of-labour-and-employment-on-7-june-2011","title":{"rendered":"Mr.Manish Mehra vs Ministry Of Labour And Employment on 7 June, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Central Information Commission<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Mr.Manish Mehra vs Ministry Of Labour And Employment on 7 June, 2011<\/div>\n<pre>                    CENTRAL INFORMATION COMMISSION\n                        Club Building (Near Post Office)\n                      Old JNU Campus, New Delhi - 110067\n                             Tel: +91-11-26161796\n\n                                            Decision No. CIC\/SG\/A\/2011\/000384\/12427Penalty\n                                                           Appeal No. CIC\/SG\/A\/2011\/000384\n\nAppellant                           :       Mr. Manish Mehra\n                                            C\/o Dr. Deepak Sharma\n                                            Genome Mapping Laboratory,\n                                            Avian Medicine Block, CARI,\n                                            Izzatnagar, Bareilly-243122\n\nRespondent                          :       Mr. V.K. Singh,\n                                            PIO &amp; Director,\n                                            Directorate General of Employment &amp;Training\n                                            Ministry of Labor and Employment\n                                            Shram Shakti Bhavan, Rafi Marg,\n                                            New Delhi-110 001\n\nRTI application filed on            :       10.10.2010\nRTI transferred on                  :       21.10.2010\nFirst appeal filed on               :       10.12.2010\nFAA's order                         :       Not mentioned.\nSecond Appeal received on           :       07.02.2011\n\nInformation Sought:\nCertified Copy of the complete service book record of Mr. D. Mallick presently designated as\nATI, Kanpur, UP.\n\nPIO's reply:\nNot mentioned.\n\nFirst Appeal:\nNo reply from the PIO.\n\nGround of the 2nd Appeal:\nNo reply from the PIO.\n\nRelevant Facts<\/pre>\n<p> emerging during Hearing on 18\/05\/2011:\n<\/p>\n<p>The following were present<br \/>\nAppellant : Mr. Manish Mehra on video conference from NIC-Bareilly Studio;<br \/>\nRespondent : Absent;\n<\/p>\n<p>        &#8220;The Appellant states that he has received information sent by Mr. V. K. Singh, CPIO. The<br \/>\nphotocopy of the service books he has received is of Mr. D. Mallick, Director, ATI Kanpur. There<br \/>\nis no explanation why this information has been sent so late. The RTI application has been<br \/>\ntransferred to Mr. V. K. Singh on 21\/10\/2010. Hence the information should have been provided<br \/>\nto the Appellant before 27\/11\/2010. Instead the information has been sent to him only on<br \/>\n18\/03\/2011.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">                                                                                     Page 1 of 4<\/span><\/p>\n<p> Decision dated 18\/05\/2011:\n<\/p>\n<p>The Appeal was allowed.\n<\/p>\n<p>      &#8220;The information has been received by the appellant.\n<\/p>\n<p>The issue before the Commission is of not supplying the complete, required information by<br \/>\nthe PIO Mr. V. K. Singh within 30 days as required by the law.\n<\/p>\n<p>From the facts before the Commission it appears that the PIO Mr. V. K. Singh is guilty of not<br \/>\nfurnishing information within the time specified under sub-section (1) of Section 7 by not replying<br \/>\nwithin 30 days, as per the requirement of the RTI Act. It appears that the PIO&#8217;s actions attract the<br \/>\npenal provisions of Section 20 (1). A showcause notice is being issued to him, and he is directed<br \/>\ngive his reasons to the Commission to show cause why penalty should not be levied on him.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/doc\/1240707\/\">Mr. V. K. Singh, PIO<\/a> will present himself before the Commission at the above address on<br \/>\n07 June 2011 at 11.30am alongwith his written submissions showing cause why penalty should<br \/>\nnot be imposed on him as mandated under Section 20 (1). He will also submit proof of having<br \/>\ngiven the information to the appellant.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>Relevant facts emerging during the showcause hearing on 07\/06\/2011:<br \/>\nRespondent: Mr. V.K. Singh, PIO &amp; Director, DGE&amp;T;\n<\/p>\n<p>        The PIO Mr. V. K. Singh has given written submissions to the Commission. The PIO Mr.<br \/>\nV.K. Singh has submitted that he never received the RTI application that was forwarded on<br \/>\n21\/10\/2010 by the Nodal officer, Main Sectt.. After having received the First Appeal from the<br \/>\nAppellant on 10\/12\/2010, a copy of the original RTI application dated 10\/10\/2010 was obtained<br \/>\nfrom the RTI Cell(Main Sectt.). Subsequently, the FAA decided on 07\/02\/2011 not to disclose the<br \/>\nrequisite information to the Appellant claiming Section 8(1)(j) of the RTI Act. Further on the basis<br \/>\nof an Information Commission&#8217;s Decision no. CIC\/AD\/A\/2011\/000014 dated 03\/02\/2011, which<br \/>\nwas sent by the Appellant to the PIO vide letter dated 14\/02\/2011, the requisite information was<br \/>\nprovided to the Appellant on 18\/03\/2011.\n<\/p>\n<p>The RTI application had been sent by Mr. Devender Singh, Director\/Nodal Officer (RTI) on<br \/>\n21\/10\/2010 to Mr. V. K. Singh, CPIO\/DGET in the same building. However, Mr. V. K. Singh<br \/>\nclaims he did not receive the letter sent by Mr. Devender Singh. This shows and extremely<br \/>\ninefficient method of working if a letter from one officer does not reach another officer in the<br \/>\nsame building. Mr. V. K. Singh however admits that he received the first appeal and therefore on<br \/>\n10\/12\/2010 realized that the RTI application had not been replied to. Yet he did not send any reply<br \/>\nor denial of information to the appellant. He claims that on 07\/02\/2011 the FAA sent an order<br \/>\nclaiming that the information should not be disclosed as it is exempt under Section 8(1)(j) of the<br \/>\nRTI Act. Finally Mr. V. K. Singh realized that the information needs to be sent and hence sent it<br \/>\non 18\/03\/2011. The Commission accepts the PIO&#8217;s plea that he did not get the letter sent on<br \/>\n21\/10\/2010 by Mr. Devender Singh in the same building. However on 10\/12\/2010 he had certainly<br \/>\nreceived the RTI application but did not send the information to the Appellant.\n<\/p>\n<p>Section 20 (1) of the RTI Act states, &#8220;Where the Central Information Commission or the State<br \/>\nInformation Commission, as the case may be, at the time of deciding any complaint or appeal is of<br \/>\nthe opinion that the Central Public Information Officer or the State Public Information Officer, as<br \/>\nthe case may be, has, without any reasonable cause, refused to receive an application for<br \/>\ninformation or has not furnished information within the time specified under sub-section (1) of<br \/>\nsection 7 or malafidely denied the request for information or knowingly given incorrect,<br \/>\nincomplete or misleading information or destroyed information which was the subject of the<br \/>\nrequest or obstructed in any manner in furnishing the information, it shall impose a penalty of two<br \/>\nhundred and fifty rupees each day till application is received or information is furnished, so<br \/>\nhowever, the total amount of such penalty shall not exceed twenty five thousand rupees;\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">                                                                                        Page 2 of 4<\/span><\/p>\n<p> Provided that the Central Public Information Officer or the State Public Information Officer, as the<br \/>\ncase may be, shall be given a reasonable opportunity of being heard before any penalty is imposed<br \/>\non him:\n<\/p>\n<p>Provided further that the burden of proving that he acted reasonably and diligently shall be on the<br \/>\nCentral Public Information Officer or the State Public Information Officer, as the case may be.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>A plain reading of Section 20 reveals that there are three circumstances where the Commission<br \/>\nmust impose penalty:\n<\/p>\n<pre>1)     Refusal to receive an application for information.\n2)     Not furnishing information within the time specified under sub-section (1) of section 7 -\n       30 days.\n3)     Malafidely denying the request for information or knowingly giving incorrect, incomplete\n<\/pre>\n<p>       or misleading information or destroying information which was the subject of the request\n<\/p>\n<p>4)     Obstructing in any manner in furnishing the information.\n<\/p>\n<p>All the above are prefaced by the infraction, &#8216; without reasonable cause&#8217;.\n<\/p>\n<p>Section 19 (5) of the RTI Act has also stated that &#8220;In any appeal proceedings, the onus to prove<br \/>\nthat a denial of a request was justified shall be on the Central Public Information Officer or State<br \/>\nPublic Information Officer, as the case may be, who denied the request.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>Thus if without reasonable cause, information is not furnished within the time specified under<br \/>\nsub-section (1) of section 7, the Commission is dutybound to levy a penalty at the rate of rupees<br \/>\ntwo hundred and fifty each day till the information is furnished. Once the Commission decides<br \/>\nthat there was no reasonable cause for delay, it has to impose the penalty at the rate specified in<br \/>\nSection 20 (1) of the RTI Act and the law gives no discretion in the matter. The burden of proving<br \/>\nthat denial of information by the PIO was justified and reasonable is clearly on the PIO as per<br \/>\nSection 19(5) of the RTI Act.\n<\/p>\n<p>The respondent Mr. V.K. Singh, PIO &amp; Director, DGE&amp;T acknowledges that he received the RTI<br \/>\napplication on 10\/12\/2010. He did not send any information nor any reasoned refusal to the<br \/>\nAppellant before 10\/01\/2011 as required by the RTI Act. He states that there was a shortage of<br \/>\nstaff. The RTI Act requires all PIOs to provide information within 30 days failing which a penalty<br \/>\nof `250\/- per day has been mandated under the RTI Act. It is expected that all officers manager<br \/>\ntheir resources in a manner so that they deliver information to citizens within 30 days. The<br \/>\nCommission cannot accept shortage of staff as a reasonable excuse for not providing the<br \/>\ninformation. No reasonable cause has been advanced for the delay in providing the information.<br \/>\nAccepting the respondent&#8217;s contention that he only became aware of the RTI application on<br \/>\n10\/12\/2010 the information should have been provided before 10\/01\/2011. Instead the information<br \/>\nwas provided only on 18\/03\/2011 i.e. after a delay of 66 days.\n<\/p>\n<p>Since no reasonable cause has been offered by <a href=\"\/doc\/1240707\/\">Mr. V. K. Singh, PIO &amp; Director DGE<\/a>&amp;T for the<br \/>\ndelay in providing the information the Commission imposes the penalty under Section 20(1) of the<br \/>\nRTI Act on the PIO for a delay of 66 days at the rate of `250\/- per day of delay i.e. `16500\/-.\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">                                                                                        Page 3 of 4<\/span><\/p>\n<p> Decision:\n<\/p>\n<p>       As per the provisions of Section 20 (1) RTI Act 2005, the Commission finds<br \/>\nthis a fit case for levying penalty on <a href=\"\/doc\/1240707\/\">Mr. V. K. Singh, PIO &amp; Director. Since the<\/a><br \/>\ndelay in providing the information has been of 66 days, the Commission is passing<br \/>\nan order penalizing Mr. V. K. Singh `16,500\/-.\n<\/p>\n<p>       The Director General, Directorate General of Employment &amp; Training is<br \/>\ndirected to recover the amount of `16,500\/- from the salary of Mr. V. K. Singh and<br \/>\nremit the same by a demand draft or a Banker&#8217;s Cheque in the name of the Pay &amp;<br \/>\nAccounts Officer, CAT, payable at New Delhi and send the same to Shri Pankaj<br \/>\nK.P. Shreyaskar, Joint Registrar and Deputy Secretary of the Central Information<br \/>\nCommission, 2nd Floor, August Kranti Bhawan, New Delhi &#8211; 110066. The amount<br \/>\nmay be deducted at the rate of `4125\/- per month every month from the salary of<br \/>\nMr. V. K. Singh and remitted by the 10th of every month starting from July 2011.<br \/>\nThe total amount of `16,500\/- will be remitted by 10th of October, 2011.\n<\/p>\n<p>This decision is announced in open chamber.\n<\/p>\n<p>Notice of this decision be given free of cost to the parties.<br \/>\nAny information in compliance with this Order will be provided free of cost as per Section 7(6) of RTI Act.\n<\/p>\n<p>                                                                                                 Shailesh Gandhi<br \/>\n                                                                                       Information Commissioner<br \/>\n                                                                                                    07 June 2011<br \/>\n(In any correspondence on this decision, mention the complete decision number.) (MC)<\/p>\n<p>CC: To,<\/p>\n<p>1-       The Director General<br \/>\n         Directorate General of Employment &amp;Training<br \/>\n         Ministry of Labor and Employment<br \/>\n         Shram Shakti Bhavan, Rafi Marg,<br \/>\n         New Delhi-110 001<\/p>\n<p>2.       Shri Pankaj K.P. Shreyaskar,<br \/>\n         Joint Registrar and Deputy Secretary<br \/>\n         Central Information Commission,<br \/>\n         2nd Floor, August Kranti Bhawan,<br \/>\n         New Delhi &#8211; 110066<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">                                                                                                        Page 4 of 4<\/span>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Central Information Commission Mr.Manish Mehra vs Ministry Of Labour And Employment on 7 June, 2011 CENTRAL INFORMATION COMMISSION Club Building (Near Post Office) Old JNU Campus, New Delhi &#8211; 110067 Tel: +91-11-26161796 Decision No. CIC\/SG\/A\/2011\/000384\/12427Penalty Appeal No. CIC\/SG\/A\/2011\/000384 Appellant : Mr. Manish Mehra C\/o Dr. Deepak Sharma Genome Mapping Laboratory, Avian Medicine Block, CARI, Izzatnagar, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-127226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-central-information-commission","category-judgements"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mr.Manish Mehra vs Ministry Of Labour And Employment on 7 June, 2011 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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