{"id":184315,"date":"2010-07-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-07-18T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/mr-satish-chander-bhardwaj-vs-central-administrative-tribunal-on-19-july-2010"},"modified":"2016-05-25T23:28:27","modified_gmt":"2016-05-25T17:58:27","slug":"mr-satish-chander-bhardwaj-vs-central-administrative-tribunal-on-19-july-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/mr-satish-chander-bhardwaj-vs-central-administrative-tribunal-on-19-july-2010","title":{"rendered":"Mr. Satish Chander Bhardwaj vs Central Administrative Tribunal on 19 July, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Central Information Commission<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Mr. Satish Chander Bhardwaj vs Central Administrative Tribunal on 19 July, 2010<\/div>\n<pre>                    CENTRAL INFORMATION COMMISSION\n                Appeal No. CIC\/WB\/A\/2009\/000499 dated 21.4.2009\n                  Right to Information Act 2005 - Section 19\n\n\nAppellant       -         Shri S. C. Bhardwaj\nRespondent          -     Central Administrative Tribunal\n                        Heard &amp; Decision announced: 19.7.2010\n\n\nFacts<\/pre>\n<p>:\n<\/p>\n<p>         By application of 24.9.08 Shri S. C. Bhardwaj of Tokarkhada, Silvassa,<br \/>\nDadra &amp; Nagar Haveli applied to CPIO Shri D. K.Pande, Dy. Registrar, CAT<br \/>\nLucknow seeking the following information:\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>         &#8220;Please provide the certified copy the document which was typed<br \/>\n         and handwritten and signed by me. I want the handwritten matter<br \/>\n         in a readable version with Hon&#8217;ble Member&#8217;s signature. I also want<br \/>\n         certified information why the said registered M.A. is not listed for<br \/>\n         the hearing and why the order is not passed in the open court by<br \/>\n         the Hon&#8217;ble Members. Why Shri Rizzavi first refused to give the<br \/>\n         said documents? Why he is playing fraud, he has taken the<br \/>\n         applicant signature on the hand written note which was not<br \/>\n         readable and later when he was giving the photocopy of that<br \/>\n         document he is hiding the typed matter and the applicant&#8217;s<br \/>\n         signature. Why His Lordship is not hearing the said M.A. and why<br \/>\n         the recall of order which was reserved for the pronouncement on<br \/>\n         dated 27.8.2008 for the dated 4.9.2008 was not delivered in the<br \/>\n         interest of justice.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>         To this, Shri S. C. Bhardwaj received a response from CPIO Shri Pande of<br \/>\n30.9.08 informing him as follows:\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>         &#8220;Please find enclosed herewith the copy of order dated 25.8.2008<br \/>\n         which has already been received by you on 27.8.2008. As regards<br \/>\n         your other queries the same can be answered on the judicial on the<br \/>\n         judicial side only. Your attention is also invited to Chapter XI of<br \/>\n         CAT Rules of Practice, 1993.&#8221;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>         The attached handwritten note reads as below:\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>         &#8220;When the O.A. was dismissed on 3.2.2008 against which the<br \/>\n         applicant SLV was also admitted, how this application for revival of<br \/>\n         O.A. 399\/98 and other order is maintainable and as such M.A. is<br \/>\n         returned. &#8220;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">                                                1<\/span><\/p>\n<p>        Shri Bhardwaj, however, has moved an appeal on 14.11.08 pleading as<br \/>\nfollows:\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>       &#8220;He has also not given the copy of typed matter and the readable<br \/>\n       version of handwritten matter.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>       He has also not given the name of the appellate authority (RTI) in<br \/>\n       his reply letter. I was not able to get the name of the AA so it took<br \/>\n       time to file this appeal.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>       Upon this, Shri S. C. Bhardwaj has received, through CPIO Shri D. K.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Pande, a copy of the Appellate Authority Shri M. Kanthaiah, Member (J) CAT<br \/>\nLucknow Bench&#8217;s order, which holds as follows:\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>       &#8220;Appellant called absent. Notice returned un-served as no other<br \/>\n       address has been furnished hence this authority has no option,<br \/>\n       except to close.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>       Shri Bhardwaj had then moved a second appeal before us with the<br \/>\nfollowing prayer:\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>       &#8220;The RTI Query dated 24.9.08 was sent to the PIO Shri Pandey,<br \/>\n       CAT, Lucknow but he failed to provide the answer to the queries.<br \/>\n       His reply is deemed refusal. The applicant has old and very sick<br \/>\n       mother suffering from Cardiac Disease, Type II Diabetes and<br \/>\n       Hypertension but department is not giving the transfer to the<br \/>\n       applicant to New Delhi. The respondents and the Judicial Members<br \/>\n       are harassing the applicant by denying justice in the open court.&#8221;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>       The appeal was heard with arrangement for videoconference on 19.7.10.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The following are present in NIC Studio, Lucknow:\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>       Respondents<br \/>\n            Shri D. K. Pande, CPIO, CAT Lucknow<br \/>\n            Shri H. S. Srivastava, ACPIO, CAT Lucknow<\/p>\n<p>       Although appellant Sh. S. C. Bhardwaj had been informed by Notice dated<br \/>\n30th June, 2010 regarding the hearing, he has opted not to be present. However,<br \/>\nwhen the Office telephone number provided by Shri Bhardwaj was contacted, the<br \/>\nRegistry was informed that Shri Bhardwaj is on leave. We have subsequently<br \/>\nreceived an Email under Cc dated 19.7.10 addressed to one Shri Sunil Alphine<br \/>\nby appellant Shri S. C. Bhardwaj stating as follows:\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">                                        2<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>            &#8220;I am sick and on medical leave so I am unable to attend today VC<br \/>\n           time 5.00pm.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>           Please don&#8217;t wait for me.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>                                  DECISION NOTICE<\/p>\n<p>           The Right to Information, Central Information Commission (Appeal<br \/>\nProcedure) Rules, 2005 of 28.10.05 is clear in terms of the personal presence of<br \/>\nthe Appellant\/Complainant in a hearing before the Central Information<br \/>\nCommission. This is covered by rule 7 which reads as follows:\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>           &#8220;Rule 7(2)<br \/>\n           The appellant or the complainant, as the case may be, may at his<br \/>\n           discretion at the time of hearing of the appeal or complaint by the<br \/>\n           Commission, be present in person or through his duly authorized<br \/>\n           representative or may opt not to be present1.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>           Admittedly, these are the rules governing the procedure to be followed by<br \/>\nthe Central Information Commission. Nevertheless, the principle will also apply<br \/>\nto an Appellate Authority leaving the discretion to attend or not to attend a<br \/>\nhearing to the appellant\/complainant. In this case, this discretion has not been<br \/>\nallowed.        For this reason, the order of the First Appellate Authority Shri M.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Kanthaiah Member (J) CAT Lucknow is set aside. He will now re-examine the<br \/>\nappeal of Shri Bhardwaj in light of Sec. 2(j) of the RTI Act with a stipulation that<br \/>\nshould there be any further information that is required to be provided to<br \/>\nappellant Shri Bhardwaj, this will be provided free of charge u\/s 7(6). The appeal<br \/>\nis thus allowed. There will be no cost.\n<\/p>\n<p>           Announced in the hearing. Notice of this decision be given free of cost to<br \/>\nthe parties.\n<\/p>\n<p>(Wajahat Habibullah)<br \/>\nChief Information Commissioner<br \/>\n19.7.2010<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">1<\/span><br \/>\n    Underlined by us.\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">                                            3<\/span><\/p>\n<p> Authenticated true copy. Additional copies of orders shall be supplied against<br \/>\napplication and payment of the charges, prescribed under the Act, to the CPIO<br \/>\nof this Commission.\n<\/p>\n<p>(Pankaj K.P. Shreyaskar)<br \/>\nJoint Registrar<br \/>\n19.7.2010<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">                                      4<\/span>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Central Information Commission Mr. Satish Chander Bhardwaj vs Central Administrative Tribunal on 19 July, 2010 CENTRAL INFORMATION COMMISSION Appeal No. CIC\/WB\/A\/2009\/000499 dated 21.4.2009 Right to Information Act 2005 &#8211; Section 19 Appellant &#8211; Shri S. C. Bhardwaj Respondent &#8211; Central Administrative Tribunal Heard &amp; Decision announced: 19.7.2010 Facts : By application of 24.9.08 Shri S. 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