{"id":187560,"date":"2008-12-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-16T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/mr-brojen-kumar-bora-vs-ministry-of-external-affairs-on-17-december-2008"},"modified":"2019-01-01T18:01:13","modified_gmt":"2019-01-01T12:31:13","slug":"mr-brojen-kumar-bora-vs-ministry-of-external-affairs-on-17-december-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/mr-brojen-kumar-bora-vs-ministry-of-external-affairs-on-17-december-2008","title":{"rendered":"Mr. Brojen Kumar Bora vs Ministry Of External Affairs, &#8230; on 17 December, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Central Information Commission<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Mr. Brojen Kumar Bora vs Ministry Of External Affairs, &#8230; on 17 December, 2008<\/div>\n<pre>           Central Information Commission\n                                              CIC\/OK\/C\/2008\/00439\/AD\n                                                Dated December 17, 2008\n\nName of the Appellant          :        Mr. Brojen Kumar Bora,\n                                        257, Nazarpur Road,\n                                        Chanmari,\n                                        Guwahati - 781003,\n\n\nName of Public Authority       :        The C.P.I.O. RTI,\n                                        Ministry of External Affairs,\n                                        Regional Passport Office,\n                                        Beltola Road, Guwahati - 781028\nBackground\n\n1.   The Appellant filed two RTI applications dated 31.1.08. In the first one,\n     the Appellant requested for information on the status of his passport\n     application &amp; in the second one he asked whether the passports are\n     yet to be issued in respect of five cases and also whether any\n     monitoring system exists, if there are delays in police verification. On\n     not receiving any reply from the CPIO the Appellant filed his complaint\n     before the CIC on 24.03.08 .\n\n\n2.   The Bench of Mrs. Annapurna Dixit, Information Commissioner,\n     scheduled the hearing for December 17, 2008.\n\n\n3.   Mr. T. Armstrong Changsan, regional Passport Officer (Guwahati)\n     represented the public Authority\n\n\n4.   The Appellant was not present during the hearing.\n\n\nDecision\n\n5.   The Respondents submitted that passports in two of the 5 cases have\n     already been issued while in one case the file was closed since the\n     applicant did not respond on time. With regard to applicant no.3, the\n     police report has yet to be received     and the verification has to be\n       done by the Office of the Inspector General, Special Branch,\n      Kahilipara, Guwahati. The Commission directs the          CPIO of the\n      Regional Passport Office to send a      reminder to the Office of the\n      Inspector General Special Police (Guwahati) for verification in the case\n      of applicant no. 3 (in the RTI application) and inform the Appellant the\n      status of the Passport within one month of receipt of the Order.\n\n\n6.    The complaint is disposed off.\n                                                           (Annapurna Dixit)\n                                                   Information Commissioner\nAuthenticated true copy:\n\n\n(K.G.Nair)\nDesignated Officer\nCc:\n1.    Mr. Brojen Kumar Bora,\n      257, Nazarpur Road,\n      Chanmari,\n      Guwahati - 781003.\n\n2.    The C.P.I.O. RTI,\n      Ministry of External Affairs,\n      Regional Passport Office,\n      Beltola Road, Guwahati - 781028\n      .\n<\/pre>\n<p>3.    The First Appellate Authority &#8211; RTI<br \/>\n      Ministry of External Affairs,<br \/>\n      Regional Passport Office,<br \/>\n      Beltola Road, Guwahati &#8211; 781028<\/p>\n<p>4.    O\/oThe Inspector General<br \/>\n      Special Branch, Office of the (IGSP)<br \/>\n      Kahilipara, Guwahati.\n<\/p>\n<p>5.    Press E Group, CIC\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Central Information Commission Mr. Brojen Kumar Bora vs Ministry Of External Affairs, &#8230; on 17 December, 2008 Central Information Commission CIC\/OK\/C\/2008\/00439\/AD Dated December 17, 2008 Name of the Appellant : Mr. Brojen Kumar Bora, 257, Nazarpur Road, Chanmari, Guwahati &#8211; 781003, Name of Public Authority : The C.P.I.O. 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