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Central Information Commission<\/div>\n
Shri B. R. Manhas vs Jawahar Lal Nehru Memorial Fund on 15 September, 2008<\/div>\n
                         CENTRAL INFORMATION COMMISSION\n                                 Appeal No.CIC\/OK\/C\/2007\/00040\n                            Right to Information Act 2005 - Section 18\n\n\nAppellant        -          Shri B. R. Manhas\nRespondent           -      Jawahar Lal Nehru Memorial Fund\n\n\nFacts<\/pre>\n
:\n<\/p>\n
By an application of 27.11.06 Shri B. R. Manhas of Lado Sarai, New Delhi
\napplied to the Chairperson, Jawahar Lal Nehru Memorial Fund seeking the
\nfollowing information:\n<\/p>\n
         “(A)   The year wise Financial Grant given by the Ministry of
\n                Human Resources Development (HRD), Government of
\n                India to Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund, Teen Murti
\n                House, New Delhi-110001 for the last twenty years.<\/p>\n
         (B)    The year wise Financial Grant given by the Ministry of
\n                Human Resources Development, Government of India to
\n                Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund, Swaraj Bhawan,
\n                Allahabad, UP for the last twenty years.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
         (C)    Kindly supply the copies of the yearly Utilization Certificates
\n                duly attested by the Chartered Accountant, of the Financial
\n                Grant submitted by Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund to the
\n                HRD Ministry.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
         (D)    Kindly supply the information with regard to the purpose for
\n                which the Financial Grant is given by the HRD Ministry of
\n                Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
         (E)    Kindly supply the List of Board of Trustees and members of
\n                the Executive Committee of the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial
\n                Fund, Teen Murti House, New Delhi-110001.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
         (F)    Kindly supply the information regarding the affiliation of the
\n                members of the Board of Trustees of Jawaharlal Nehru
\n                Memorial Fund to different Political Parties such as:\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
         a.            Indian National Congress (I).\n         b.            Bharatiya Janta Party.\n         c.            Communist Party of India (Marxist).\n         d.            Rashtriya Janta Dal.\"\n\n\n\n                                                1<\/span>\n<\/pre>\n
 However, on not receiving a response, Shri Manhas moved a complaint before
\nthis Commission on 25.1.07 with the following prayer:\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
      “A)    That the Chairperson Jawahar Lal Nehru Memorial Fund’
\n             Teen Murti House, New Delhi be directed to supply the
\n             requested information without further delay.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
      B)     That appropriate penalty is imposed on the person for
\n             the period of delay beyond the time provided in the Act
\n             for providing information.”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Upon this the Commission, in its order of 16.10.07, decided as follows:\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
      “The Commission has decided to treat this petition as a complaint
\n      under Section 18 of the RTI Act, 2005, and hereby directs the
\n      Public Information Officer, Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund, New
\n      Delhi, to provide the information sought by the complainant within
\n      15 working days from the date of receipt of this decision.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
      Since the PIO has failed to supply the information in time, he is
\n      directed to appear this Commission on 23rd November 2007 at
\n      12.30 p.m. in person along with other officials whose assistance
\n      has been sought for replying to the RTI application to explain why
\n      action should not be initiated under Section 20 (1) of the RTI Act.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
     Subsequently, however, Information Commissioner, Dr. O.P. Kejariwal
\nreceived a letter from Shri Suman Dubey, Secretary Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial
\nFund stating as follows:\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
      “We have been advised by the Chief Information Commissioner
\n      that the RTI Act does not apply for the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial
\n      Fund. I attach a copy of the letter received by us.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
       The letter referred to dated 7.8.07 addressed to Dr. Karan Singh Vice
\nChairman, JLMF was as follows:\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
      “Thank you for your letter of 21st June 2007. I attach a report of our
\n      legal adviser Prof. K. K. Nigam, which concludes as follows:\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
             “I am of opinion that so far as the Jawahar Lal Memorial
\n             Fund is concerned does not come within the ambit of the
\n             Right to Information Act, 2005, and citizen of India, as of
\n             right, cannot seek information from the Trust about matters
\n             u\/s 6 of the Act.”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
                                        2<\/span><\/p>\n
       Thereafter, in a letter of 21.11.07 addressed to complainant Shri B. R.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Manhas by the Registry of this Commission, he was informed as follows:\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
       “The matter has been examined and noted that the Jawaharlal
\n       Memorial Fund does not come within the ambit of the Right to
\n       Information Act, 2005 and a citizen of India cannot seek information
\n       from the Trust about trust matters under section 6 of the RTI Act.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
       In the meanwhile, in response to the orders of this Commission appellant
\nwas given some information by the Ministry of Human Resource Development
\nregarding utilization of funds. As the Ministry of HRD was being looked after by
\nInformation Commissioner Dr Kejariwal the case came before him.                  The
\nappellant is his review petition pointed out the following facts: –\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
       (i)       According to an office memorandum of the Ministry of
\n                 Culture, the Department of Higher Education had granted
\n                 various sums in various years to the Organization including
\n                 their Allah bad Branch;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
       (ii)      the JNLF had received a one-time grant of Rs. 7 crores in
\n                 the year 1993 for the creation of a corpus for award of
\n                 fellowships; and<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
       (iii)     The Trust is housed within the premises of the Teen Murti
\n                 House, which is Government property.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
       According to the appellant, taking into consideration these factors,
\n       the JNLF can by no means be declared as outside the ambit of the
\n       RTI Act. This Bench feels that there is some substance in what the
\n       appellant has said. It, therefore, recommends a Full Bench hearing
\n       of the case.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
               In this context, in a letter of 21.11.07, on a separate application of
\nShri B.R. Manhas, Shri Akhil Saxena, Under Secretary (Museums), Ministry of
\nCulture had written to him as follows:\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
       “I am directed to refer to Director, Department of Higher
\n       Education’s letter No. H. 11019\/42\/2007-CDN dated 12th and 19th
\n       November, 2007 on the above subject and to state that a sum of
\n       Rs. 10.40 lakhs had been sanctioned by the Ministry of Culture vide
\n       letter of even number dated 11th February, 2006 during the year<\/p>\n
                                           3<\/span>
\n        2005-2006 of the Anand Bhawan Museum, Allahabad, under the
\n       scheme of strengthening of Regional and Local Museums.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
     Accordingly, a Division Bench comprised of the following was constituted
\nand the review petition of complaint scheduled for hearing. In response to the
\nhearing notice, Shri P. Chakraborty, Deputy Administrative Secretary JNML
\nsubmitted as follows:\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
       “In this connection, I would draw your kind attention to your earlier
\n       letter of even No. dated 21st November 2007 addressed to the
\n       same person, Shri B. R. Manhas, and copy to us wherein you have
\n       mentioned that “…the Jawaharlal Memorial Fund does not come
\n       within the ambit of the Right to Information act, 2005, and a citizen
\n       of India cannot seeking information from the Trust about trust
\n       matters under section 6 of the RTI Act.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
       “In view of above the case is treated as closed in the Commission.”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
       We enclose for your information a copy of the letter from the Chief
\n       Information Commissioner intimating that the JNM Fund does not
\n       come within the ambit of the Right to Information Act, 2005.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n
     The review petition was heard on 15.9.2008 with a view to examine
\nwhether there had been an error of facts or in law in the decisions taken in this
\nCommission on the subject. The following are present:\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Respondents
\n       CPIO\/PIO-     Sh. Lalit Bhasin, Trustee
\n                     Sh. Ranjan Kumar
\n       F.A.A.        Shri O. Chakraborty, Dy. Admn. Secy.\n<\/p>\n
                     Shri D. K. Bawa, Asstt. A.O.\n<\/p>\n
Complainant
\n                     Shri B.R. Manhas
\n                     Shri A. K. Verma<\/p>\n
     Complainant submitted a copy of a petition dated 27.8.08 in which he has
\nstated as follows:\n<\/p>\n
       “That the appellant was dismayed and was extremely pained to
\n       note that the DB of the Hon’ble Commission which is scheduled to
\n       hear the Appellant’ Revision Petition on 15.9.2008 includes Hon’ble
\n       Chief Information Commissioner Shri Wajahat Habibullah, as in<\/p>\n
                                        4<\/span>
\n        judicial and quasi-judicial proceedings, the authority which decides
\n       a case cannot sit in appeal against its own decision.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
       That it is on record that as per the decision of the Hon’ble Chief
\n       Information Commissioner, Shri Wajahat Habibullah, the
\n       Respondent Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund, Teen Murti House,
\n       New Delhi is not a Public Authority, against which decision, the
\n       appellant had filed revision petition. That there is likelihood of there
\n       being subject matter bias when the appeal comes for hearing.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
       That there are numerous judicial decisions in which the judicial
\n       authorities have pronounced that not only in judicial or quasi-judicial
\n       proceedings, but also in administrative decisions, there should be
\n       no chance of actual or apparent bias of any kind, leave alone.
\n       Subject matter bias, which is considered the gravest of all species
\n       of bias and that justice should not only be done, but should also
\n       appear to have been done.”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
He further submitted a petition of 15.9.08 stating as follows:\n<\/p>\n
       “That it seems, that the objections of the appellant\/ complainant
\n       have not been considered by the Hon’ble Commission and matter
\n       is being heard by the same Bench, in derogation of the established
\n       cannons of law, more particularly the universal principles of natural
\n       justice.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
       In view of these facts and those enumerated in the petition dated
\n       27.8.2008, the petitioner most reluctantly agrees to participate in
\n       the proceedings and that too under protest and requests the
\n       Hon’ble Commission to kindly place this on record of the file.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
     It was explained to appellant that there was thus far no decision of this
\nCommission or of the Chief Information Commissioner on the question raised in
\nhis appeal by complainant Shri Manhas, a copy of the letter in which the legal
\nadvice obtained by us on the request of the Vice Chairman of the Jawahar Lal
\nNehru Memorial Fund was read out to him. Shri Lalit Bhasin, Trustee, Jawahar
\nLal Nehru Memorial Fund submitted that since petitioner Shri Manhas had
\nagreed to participate in the proceedings, the matter may now be heard.
\nHowever, complainant Shri Manhas insisted that to this he will only agree under
\nprotest.\n<\/p>\n
                                          5<\/span><\/p>\n
       He also submitted that he has no confidence in the Information
\nCommissioner who gave the initial decision since he had revised his earlier
\ndecision by his order on 21.11.07 and referred his petition to a Division Bench
\nwhich he should have treated as a review application and heard on his own.\n<\/p>\n
                             DECISION NOTICE<\/p>\n
      As submitted by Shri Lalit Bhasin, Trustee, a review application can only be
\nconsidered by this Commission in the absence of a specific provision for review
\nin the RTI Act if an error in fact or in law is found. In this case the only ground for
\nreview, therefore, is whether this Commission has erred either in the opinion
\nconveyed to Jawahar Lal Nehru Memorial Fund by the Central Information
\nCommissioner in his letter of 7.8.2007 or by Information Commissioner Dr. O. P.
\nKejariwal in his order of 16.3.07.      It was, therefore, felt necessary for both
\nInformation Commissioners to sit as a Division Bench to hear the Review Petition
\nconcerning both. However, in light of Shri Manna’s lack of confidence in this
\nCommission, the only recourse now open to him is in moving a Writ Petition
\nagainst the decision of 21.11.07 of this Commission before the High Court of
\nDelhi.\n<\/p>\n
      This Review Petition is, therefore, dismissed.              Announced in the
\nhearing.\n<\/p>\n
Notice of this decision be given free of cost to the parties.\n<\/p>\n
   (Dr. O. P. Kejariwal)                                 (Wajahat Habibullah)\nInformation Commissioner                          Chief Information Commissioner\n       15.9.2008                                                      15.9.2008\n\n\n\n\n                                          6<\/span>\n<\/pre>\n
 Authenticated true copy. Additional copies of orders shall be supplied against
\napplication and payment of the charges, prescribed under the Act, to the CPIO
\nof this Commission.\n<\/p>\n
(G. Subramanian)
\nAssistant Registrar
\n15.9.2008<\/p>\n
                                      7<\/span>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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