{"id":134844,"date":"2011-07-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-13T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/mr-d-dhaya-devadas-vs-indian-bureau-of-mines-on-14-july-2011"},"modified":"2016-04-03T13:14:33","modified_gmt":"2016-04-03T07:44:33","slug":"mr-d-dhaya-devadas-vs-indian-bureau-of-mines-on-14-july-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/mr-d-dhaya-devadas-vs-indian-bureau-of-mines-on-14-july-2011","title":{"rendered":"Mr.D Dhaya Devadas vs Indian Bureau Of Mines on 14 July, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"
Central Information Commission<\/div>\n
Mr.D Dhaya Devadas vs Indian Bureau Of Mines on 14 July, 2011<\/div>\n
               CENTRAL INFORMATION COMMISSION\n                         D- Wing, 2nd Floor,\n               August Kranti Bhavan, Bhikaji Cama Place,\n                          New Delhi - 110066\n\n\n                                        Appeal No.CIC\/AT\/A\/2010\/000817\/SS\n\nPARTIES TO THE CASE:\n\n                       (Through Video Conferencing)\n\nAppellant        :     Dr. D. Dhaya Devadas\n\n\nRespondent       :    Government of India, Ministry of Mines, Indian Bureau\n\n                       of Mines, Chennai\n\n\nDate of Decision :     14.07.2011\n\n\n\nBACKGROUND<\/pre>\n
 OF THE CASE:\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
  1. The present hearing was scheduled before the Commission on 06\/07\/2011 at<\/p>\n
     1210 hours and was heard via Video Conferencing. The Appellant, Dr.<\/p>\n
     Devadas was present in person at the NIC Centre, Chennai and the<\/p>\n
     Respondent Public Authority was represented by the Assistant Controller of<\/p>\n
     Mines & CPIO, Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM), Chennai who was present at<\/p>\n
     the NIC Centre, Chennai and the Controller of Mines (SZ) & FAA, IBM,
\n      Bengaluru who was present at the NIC Centre, Chennai and Bengaluru<\/p>\n
     respectively.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
  2. The Appellant vide his RTI Application dated 14\/04\/2010 had sought certain<\/p>\n
     information in relation to and in connection with Mining Plans from the<\/p>\n
     Assistant Controller of Mines & CPIO, Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM),<\/p>\n
     Chennai. The RTI Application contained 11 (eleven) Questions out of which<\/p>\n
     only the information pertaining to Question Nos. 1 and 3 was not provided<\/p>\n
     by the CPIO to the Appellant vide his Order dated 05\/05\/2010.<\/p>\n
  3. Aggrieved by the CPIO’s Order, the Appellant preferred first appeal dated<\/p>\n
     24\/05\/2010 to the Controller of Mines (SZ) & FAA, Indian Bureau of<\/p>\n
     Mines, Bengaluru seeking information under Question Nos. 1 and 3 of his<\/p>\n
     RTI Application. The FAA disposed off the first appeal vide his Order dated<\/p>\n
     14\/07\/2010 stating that the information sought was exempted under clause<\/p>\n
     (d) of Section 8 (1) of the RTI Act.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
  4. The Appellant has therefore approached the Commission in second appeal<\/p>\n
     dated 13\/08\/2010.\n<\/p>\n
\nDECISION NOTICE:\n<\/p>\n
 5. We have carefully perused through the material placed on record before us<\/p>\n
   by both the parties and have considered the respective submissions made by<\/p>\n
   them before us.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
6. Information sought under Question Nos. 1 and 3 of the Appellant’s RTI<\/p>\n
   Application is the core subject-matter of the present appeal and hence, the<\/p>\n
   two questions have been reproduced below for the sake of clarity:<\/p>\n
               “1.) Xerox copies of the relevant portion of the mining lease<\/p>\n
               wise Mining Plan details containing the year wise production<\/p>\n
               schedules providing that the transport permits issued for<\/p>\n
               dispatch of minerals tallies with the details of year wise<\/p>\n
               production shown in the above said enclosed statement during<\/p>\n
               the period 1994 – 95 to November 2009.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
<\/blockquote>\n
               3.) Xerox copy of the reply given by the lessees for the violation<\/p>\n
               notice issued to them”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\n<\/blockquote>\n
7. The Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM), on behalf of the Central Government, is<\/p>\n
   given the responsibility of giving permission to the mine-owners\/lessees for
\n    carrying out mining operation in the designated mines. IBM’s role extends to<\/p>\n
   examining a variety of concerns such as safety, environmental standards,<\/p>\n
   programme of mining to keep a tab on the utilization of the mineral<\/p>\n
   resources with a view to ensure conservation of minerals, water-supply,<\/p>\n
   drainage and so on. A model Mining Plan, has an index comprising a host of<\/p>\n
   information such as the name and address of the prospecting agency, details<\/p>\n
   of the mining area, period of mining lease, infrastructure details, geology<\/p>\n
   and reserves, Mining Schedule\/Plan and the methodology including site<\/p>\n
   services, environmental impact assessment and so on.<\/p>\n
8. On the face of it, it seems obvious that all these details contained in the<\/p>\n
   Mining Plan are eminently public information, or at least these are relevant<\/p>\n
   for the knowledge of the public about whether a certain mining operation<\/p>\n
   has been carried out according to the instructions given by the Indian Bureau<\/p>\n
   of Mines, who are charged with the responsibility of ensuring that certain<\/p>\n
   standards are maintained while lessees carry out mining operations.<\/p>\n
9. Similarly, there are certain parts of the Mining Plan comprising certain<\/p>\n
   details about the finances, flow of funds, share of partners, etc., which can<\/p>\n
   be said to comprise the private information relating to commercial<\/p>\n
   confidence of the third-party. But most other information contained in the<\/p>\n
   Mining Plan cannot be said to be entirely personal to the third-parties, or
\n    assuming the characteristics of those parties’ commercial confidence. It is<\/p>\n
   necessary to compartmentalize information contained in the mining plan<\/p>\n
   which had a public persona and cannot be said to belong to the domain of<\/p>\n
   commercial confidence of the third-party(ies).\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
10. The touchstone for such determination is whether the requested information<\/p>\n
   relates to maintaining mining standards, safety of mines and minerals,<\/p>\n
   environment, public safety, etc. because if it does, then such information<\/p>\n
   cannot be exempted under clause (d) of Section 8 (1) of the RTI Act.<\/p>\n
11. In furtherance of the above analysis, it is apposite to mention the<\/p>\n
   Commission’s         Order       dated           16\/07\/2010    in      File<\/p>\n
   No.CIC\/SM\/A\/2010\/000114, 115 & 119 wherein it has been held as follows:<\/p>\n
               “2. […] It was brought to our notice that the CIC had recently<\/p>\n
               disposed of a batch of appeals filed by several Appellants<\/p>\n
               including the present one in which the main issue was the<\/p>\n
               disclosure liability of Mining Plans. In his order dated 7 June<\/p>\n
               2010, while disposing of 13 different appeals, the CIC, after<\/p>\n
               extensive consultation with the Ministry of Mines had held that<\/p>\n
               the following three parts of the Mining Plan could be disclosed
\n                 without any prejudice to the commercial and competitive<\/p>\n
                interest of the third party (Mining Lease applicants):<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
                (i) ‘General information’, and ‘Location and accessibility’ in<\/p>\n
                Chapter 1 & 2 in introductory Notes of the Mining Plan;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
                (ii) ‘Mine Drainage’, ‘Skating of Mineral rejects and Disposal<\/p>\n
                of waste’, ‘Use of Mineral’ and ‘Other information’ in<\/p>\n
                Chapters 6, 7, 8 and 9 respectively of the Part ‘A’ of the<\/p>\n
                Mining Plan;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
                (iii)’Environmental Management Plan’ in Chapter 11 of Part<\/p>\n
                ‘B’ of the Mining Plan.”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
                                           [paragraph 5 of the above order]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
                3. We do not find any particular reason to differ from the above<\/p>\n
                findings.”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
<\/blockquote>\n
12. Needless to say, in the background of widespread controversies raging in the<\/p>\n
   country regarding the illegal mining by private lease owners, it is important<\/p>\n
   that the exact area of the lease, the quantum of mineral to be extracted, the<\/p>\n
   environmental implications of mining and the plan for rehabilitation of<\/p>\n
   displaced persons as well as the environment, etc. should be placed in the
\n    public domain so that the mining activity is carried out strictly according to<\/p>\n
   the approved plan.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
13. In light of the above observations and reasoning, we now revert back to the<\/p>\n
   information sought under the RTI Application in the present second appeal.<\/p>\n
14. So far as Question No.1 of the RTI Application is concerned, the portion of<\/p>\n
   the Mining Plan containing the year wise production schedules cannot be<\/p>\n
   said to contain details about the finances, flow of funds, share of partners,<\/p>\n
   etc., which can be said to comprise the private information relating to<\/p>\n
   commercial confidence of the third-party. The total production of minerals<\/p>\n
   in an year as per a Mining Plan can clearly be disclosed in light of the<\/p>\n
   Commission’s         Order    (supra)     dated     16\/07\/2010     in     File<\/p>\n
   No.CIC\/SM\/A\/2010\/000114, 115 & 119. Such information can in fact be<\/p>\n
   tallied with the transport permits issued for dispatch of such minerals in a<\/p>\n
   given year and therefore, help bring transparency and accountability in the<\/p>\n
   Mining business of the country. Such information as sought under Question<\/p>\n
   No.1 of the RTI Application can by no stretch of imagination be considered<\/p>\n
   to attract any clause of Section 8 (1) of the RTI Act.<\/p>\n
15. So far as Question No.3 of the RTI Application is concerned, i.e. the copy of<\/p>\n
   the reply given by the lessees for the violation notice issued to them, the
\n    Commission is not satisfied with the reply tendered by the FAA vide its<\/p>\n
   Order dated 14\/07\/2010. Merely stating that the information pertains to third<\/p>\n
   party and that the third party has not consented to for supplying of<\/p>\n
   information is not sufficient to refuse disclosure under Section 8 (1) (d) of<\/p>\n
   the RTI Act. For Clause (d) of Section 8 (1) of the RTI Act to be attracted,<\/p>\n
   there must be some harm that may possibly be caused to the competitive<\/p>\n
   position of the concerned third party if such information is disclosed.<\/p>\n
16. Now, it has come to our notice that copies of various ‘violation-cum-show<\/p>\n
   cause notices’ which have been issued by the Government of India, Ministry<\/p>\n
   of Mines, Indian Bureau of Mines on several occasions to Mine lessees are<\/p>\n
   available readily on their official web portal https:\/\/ibm.nic.in. Thus, the<\/p>\n
   contents of these notices are in the public domain already. The reasoning<\/p>\n
   given by the FAA in refusing the information under Question No.3 is<\/p>\n
   tenuous and falls flat in light of the above fact. It is so because if the Indian<\/p>\n
   Bureau of Mines is regularly furnishing the copies of various ‘violation-<\/p>\n
   cum-show cause notices’ issued by it on their official website, containing the<\/p>\n
   details of the Mine lessees against whom such notices are issued, then there<\/p>\n
   is no reason why the reply tendered by such lessees to the Indian Bureau of<\/p>\n
   Mines can be considered as ‘commercially confidential’ information.\n<\/p>\n
 17. The reply given by the Mining lessees for the violation notice issued to<\/p>\n
   them by the Indian Bureau of Mines can hardly be assumed to harm the<\/p>\n
   competitive position of such lessees given the fact that the ‘violation-cum-<\/p>\n
   show cause notices’ issued to them are in any case available in the public<\/p>\n
   domain. Perhaps, the competitive reputation of such lessees was more at<\/p>\n
   stake when the ‘violation-cum-show cause notices’ issued to them were<\/p>\n
   made available to the public at large to see. If the Indian Bureau of Mines<\/p>\n
   does not believe that doing so would affect the competitive position or<\/p>\n
   commercial confidence of such lessees, then there is no cogent reason why it<\/p>\n
   should adopt a parochial approach in seeking refuse under Section 8 (1) (d)<\/p>\n
   of the RTI Act while refusing to disclose the copy of the reply given by the<\/p>\n
   lessees for the violation notice issued to them.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
18. The Commission is of the view that information sought under Question<\/p>\n
   Nos. 1 and 3 of the RTI Application does not fall under any of the<\/p>\n
   exemptions prescribed under the RTI Act. Hence, the Commission directs<\/p>\n
   the Assistant Controller of Mines & CPIO, Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM),<\/p>\n
   Chennai to furnish the information sought by the Appellant under Question<\/p>\n
   Nos. 1 and 3 of his RTI Application to him within 15 days of receiving this<\/p>\n
   Order.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
19. The Appeal is thus allowed.\n<\/p>\n
                                                                Sushma Singh
\n                                                   Information Commissioner
\nAuthenticated True Copies<\/p>\n
K.K. Sharma
\nOSD & Deputy Registrar<\/p>\n
Address of Parties:-\n<\/p>\n
Dr. D. Dhaya Devadas,
\nFederation of Indian Placer Mineral Industries,
\n1A, Prasad Street, Seethapathy Nagar, Velachery,
\nChennai – 600 042, India<\/p>\n
The CPIO,
\nMinistry of Mines, Indian Bureau of Mines,
\nC 4 A, Rajaji Bhawan, Besant Nagar,
\nChennai – 600 090<\/p>\n
The Appellate Authority,
\nO\/o the Appellate Authority,
\nMinistry of Mines, Indian Bureau of Mines,
\nNo. 29, Industrial Suburb, Goraguntepalya,
\nTumkur Road, Bangalore\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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