{"id":258757,"date":"2009-01-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-20T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/mr-vimal-dharma-singh-vs-university-grants-commission-on-21-january-2009"},"modified":"2018-01-29T14:45:37","modified_gmt":"2018-01-29T09:15:37","slug":"mr-vimal-dharma-singh-vs-university-grants-commission-on-21-january-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/mr-vimal-dharma-singh-vs-university-grants-commission-on-21-january-2009","title":{"rendered":"Mr. Vimal Dharma Singh vs University Grants Commission on 21 January, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Central Information Commission<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Mr. Vimal Dharma Singh vs University Grants Commission on 21 January, 2009<\/div>\n<pre id=\"pre_1\">                 CENTRAL INFORMATION COMMISSION\n                           Room no.415, 4th Floor, Block IV,\n                          Old JNU Campus, New Delhi 110066.\n                                Tel : + 91 11 26161796\n\n                                           Decision No. CIC \/OK\/C\/2008\/00359\/SG\/1211\n                                             Complaint No. CIC\/OK\/C\/2008\/00359\/SG\n\nComplainant                           :        Mr. Vimal Dharma Singh\n                                               Village Rangpura, Post Phaphamau\n                                               Allahabad\n                                               Uttar Pradesh\n\nRespondent                             :       The Public Information Officer,\n                                               University Grants Commission\n                                               Bahadurshah Zafar Marg\n                                               New Delhi-110002\n\nFacts<\/pre>\n<p id=\"p_1\"> arising from the Complaint:\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_1\"> Mr. Vimal Dharma Singh, had filed a RTI application with The Public Information<br \/>\nOfficer, University Grants Commission, Bahadurshah Zafar Marg, New Delhi-110002 on<br \/>\n14\/02\/2007 asking for certain information. Since no reply was received within the<br \/>\nmandated time of 30 days, she had filed a complaint under Section 18 to the Commission.<br \/>\n   The Commission issued a notice to the PIO asking him to supply the information and<br \/>\nsought an explanation for not furnishing the information within the mandated time. The<br \/>\nPIO has informed the Commission that the information has been sent to the complainant<br \/>\non 05\/01\/2009 and also on 07\/01\/2009 and has furnished the proof of the same.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_2\">Decision:\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_3\">Complaint Disposed Off.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_4\">  The PIO has also given an explanation for the delay. The Commission condones the<br \/>\ndelay and warns the PIO to ensure that information is given to applicants within 30 days<br \/>\nas mandated under Section 7 (1) of the RTI act.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_5\">Notice of this decision be given free of cost to the parties.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_6\">                                                              Shailesh Gandhi<br \/>\n                                                         Information Commissioner<br \/>\n                                                             21st January 2009<br \/>\n(For any further correspondence please mention the decision No.)\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Central Information Commission Mr. Vimal Dharma Singh vs University Grants Commission on 21 January, 2009 CENTRAL INFORMATION COMMISSION Room no.415, 4th Floor, Block IV, Old JNU Campus, New Delhi 110066. Tel : + 91 11 26161796 Decision No. CIC \/OK\/C\/2008\/00359\/SG\/1211 Complaint No. CIC\/OK\/C\/2008\/00359\/SG Complainant : Mr. Vimal Dharma Singh Village Rangpura, Post Phaphamau Allahabad Uttar [&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-258757","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. Vimal Dharma Singh vs University Grants Commission on 21 January, 2009 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; High Court | Legal India<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/mr-vimal-dharma-singh-vs-university-grants-commission-on-21-january-2009\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mr. Vimal Dharma Singh vs University Grants Commission on 21 January, 2009 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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