{"id":268877,"date":"2011-03-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-21T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/mr-prabhati-lal-vs-ministry-of-railways-on-22-march-2011"},"modified":"2016-02-26T23:39:46","modified_gmt":"2016-02-26T18:09:46","slug":"mr-prabhati-lal-vs-ministry-of-railways-on-22-march-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/mr-prabhati-lal-vs-ministry-of-railways-on-22-march-2011","title":{"rendered":"Mr.Prabhati Lal vs Ministry Of Railways on 22 March, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Central Information Commission<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Mr.Prabhati Lal vs Ministry Of Railways on 22 March, 2011<\/div>\n<pre id=\"pre_1\">                       In\u00a0the\u00a0Central\u00a0Information\u00a0Commission\u00a0\n                                                     at\n                                              New\u00a0Delhi\n\n                                                                           File\u00a0No:\u00a0CIC\/AD\/A\/2011\/000237\n\nDate\u00a0of\u00a0Hearing :\u00a0\u00a0March\u00a022,\u00a02011\n\nDate\u00a0of\u00a0Decision :\u00a0\u00a0March\u00a022,\u00a02011\n\n\n\nParties:\n\n\n\n           Appellant\n\n\n\n           Shri\u00a0Prabhati\u00a0Lal\n           H.No.\u00a0P\u00ad1\/52\u00a0A,\u00a0Budh\u00a0Vihar\u00ad\u00a0I\n           Delhi\u00ad\u00a0110\u00a0086\n\n           The\u00a0Appellant\u00a0was\u00a0present.\n\n\n\n           Respondents\n\n\n           Western\u00a0Railway\n           Office\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0General\u00a0Manager,\n           Churchgate\n           Mumbai\u00a0400\u00a0020\n\n\n           Represented\u00a0by:\u00a0\u00a0Shri\u00a0P.K.\u00a0Gopikumar,\u00a0Sr.\u00a0Personnel\u00a0Officer\u00a0(Engg.),\u00a0Shri\u00a0S.N.\u00a0Saleem,\u00a0APIO,\u00a0and\u00a0\n           Shri\u00a0Pradeep\u00a0Kumar\u00a0Arora,\u00a0APIO--present\u00a0at\u00a0NIC\u00a0VC\u00a0facility\u00a0at\u00a0Mumbai\n\n\n\n                   Information\u00a0Commissioner     :\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Mrs.\u00a0Annapurna\u00a0Dixit\n___________________________________________________________________\n\n\n                                              Decision\u00a0Notice\n\n\nAs\u00a0given\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0decision\u00a0\n                          In\u00a0the\u00a0Central\u00a0Information\u00a0Commission\u00a0\n                                                             at\n                                                     New\u00a0Delhi\n\n                                                                                         File\u00a0No:\u00a0CIC\/AD\/A\/2011\/000237\n\n\n\n\n                                                          ORDER\n<\/pre>\n<p id=\"p_1\">Background<\/p>\n<p>          The\u00a0Applicant\u00a0filed\u00a0his\u00a0RTI\u00adapplication\u00a0with\u00a0the\u00a0PIO,\u00a0Western\u00a0Railway,\u00a0Mumbai\u00a0on\u00a0 16.04.2010\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>seeking\u00a0information\u00a0against\u00a08\u00a0items\u00a0in\u00a0relation\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0departmental\u00a0                 exam \u00a0 conducted \u00a0 by \u00a0 the \u00a0 public\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>authority\u00a0at\u00a0its\u00a0Ajmer\u00a0office\u00a0in\u00a01981.\u00a0The\u00a0PIO,\u00a0on\u00a0            25.05.2010,\u00a0furnished\u00a0point\u00adwise\u00a0          information\u00a0to\u00a0 the\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Applicant.\u00a0The\u00a0Applicant,\u00a0 however, \u00a0 being \u00a0 unhappy \u00a0 with \u00a0 the \u00a0 information, \u00a0 filed \u00a0 his \u00a0 1st\u00adappeal \u00a0 before \u00a0 the\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Appellate\u00a0          Authority \u00a0 on \u00a0 26.07.2010. \u00a0 The \u00a0 AA, \u00a0 on \u00a0 01.09.2010, \u00a0 forwarded \u00a0 further                          \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>          information\/remarks,\u00a0           received\u00a0from\u00a0the\u00a0PIO,\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0Applicant.\u00a0The\u00a0Applicant,\u00a0thereafter, \u00a0 filed\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>the\u00a0present\u00a0appeal\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0Commission\u00a0on\u00a026.11.2010\u00a0requesting\u00a0that\u00a0                  the\u00a0PIO\u00a0be\u00a0 \u00a0directed\u00a0to\u00a0provide\u00a0the\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>information\u00a0to\u00a0him.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_1\">\nDecision<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_2\">2.        During\u00a0the\u00a0hearing,\u00a0the\u00a0Respondents\u00a0informed\u00a0the\u00a0Commission\u00a0that\u00a0the\u00a0Appellant\u00a0is\u00a0having\u00a0certain\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>          grievance\u00a0against\u00a0the\u00a0public\u00a0authority\u00a0which\u00a0he\u00a0describes\u00a0as\u00a0&#8220;my\u00a0wrongful\u00a0reversion\u00a0from\u00a0Chief\u00a0Clerk \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>          to\u00a0Head\u00a0Clerk&#8221; \u00a0and\u00a0that\u00a0they\u00a0do\u00a0not\u00a0have\u00a0any\u00a0records\u00a0corresponding\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0selection\u00a0process\u00a0from\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>          which\u00a0the\u00a0Appellant&#8217;s\u00a0above\u00a0grievance\u00a0emanates\u00a0as\u00a0this\u00a0category\u00a0of\u00a0records\u00a0are\u00a0preserved\u00a0only\u00a0for\u00a03\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>          years\u00a0as\u00a0per\u00a0the\u00a0extant\u00a0retention\u00a0schedule\u00a0of\u00a0records.\u00a0They,\u00a0however,\u00a0pointed\u00a0out\u00a0that\u00a0the\u00a0Appellant\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>          could\u00a0very\u00a0well\u00a0have\u00a0represented\u00a0his\u00a0grievance\u00a0at\u00a0that\u00a0point\u00a0of\u00a0time\u00a0before\u00a0the\u00a0competent\u00a0authority\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>          within\u00a03\u00a0months\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0finalization\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0selection\u00a0process.\u00a0Nonetheless,\u00a0they\u00a0informed\u00a0that\u00a0pursuant\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>          to\u00a0the\u00a0Commission&#8217;s\u00a0notice,\u00a0they,\u00a0on\u00a018.03.2011,\u00a0had\u00a0sent\u00a0another\u00a0set\u00a0of\u00a0reply\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0Appellant\u00a0which\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>          contained \u00a0 answers \u00a0 against \u00a0 \u00a0 each \u00a0 point \u00a0 mentioned \u00a0 in \u00a0 the \u00a0 present \u00a0 appeal \u00a0 of \u00a0 the \u00a0 Appellant. \u00a0 The\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>          Appellant,\u00a0however,\u00a0denied\u00a0receipt\u00a0of\u00a0this\u00a0reply.\u00a0It\u00a0is,\u00a0therefore,\u00a0directed\u00a0that\u00a0the\u00a0PIO\u00a0should\u00a0send\u00a0this\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>          reply\u00a0once\u00a0again\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0Appellant\u00a0by\u00a0\u00a020.03.2011.\u00a0The\u00a0Appellant,\u00a0at\u00a0the\u00a0end\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0hearing,\u00a0mentioned\u00a0<br \/>\n         another\u00a0request\u00a0for\u00a0information\u00a0(i.e.\u00a0seniority\u00a0list)\u00a0which,\u00a0according\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0Respondents,\u00a0did\u00a0not\u00a0figure\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>        in\u00a0his\u00a0original\u00a0RTI\u00adapplication.\u00a0Considering\u00a0the\u00a0age\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0Appellant,\u00a0it\u00a0is\u00a0decided\u00a0not\u00a0to\u00a0bother\u00a0him\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>        once\u00a0again\u00a0for\u00a0a\u00a0single\u00a0piece\u00a0of\u00a0information\u00a0which\u00a0the\u00a0Respondents\u00a0were\u00a0anyway\u00a0willing\u00a0to\u00a0part\u00a0with\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>        subject\u00a0to\u00a0its\u00a0availability.\u00a0It\u00a0is\u00a0accordingly\u00a0directed\u00a0that\u00a0the\u00a0Respondent\u00a0shall\u00a0provide\u00a0this\u00a0information\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>        to\u00a0the\u00a0Appellant\u00a0by\u00a013.04.2011.\u00a0In\u00a0the\u00a0event,\u00a0this\u00a0information\u00a0is\u00a0 \u00a0not\u00a0\u00a0present\u00a0in\u00a0their\u00a0records,\u00a0they\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>        should\u00a0communicate\u00a0this\u00a0fact\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0Appellant\u00a0while\u00a0giving\u00a0reasons\u00a0for\u00a0its\u00a0non\u00adavailability.<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_3\">3.      The\u00a0appeal\u00a0is\u00a0disposed\u00a0of\u00a0with\u00a0the\u00a0above\u00a0directions.<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_4\">                                                                                             \u00a0(Annapurna\u00a0Dixit)<br \/>\n                                                                                   Information\u00a0Commissioner<\/p>\n<p>Authenticated\u00a0true\u00a0copy\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>(G.Subramanian)<br \/>\nDeputy\u00a0Registrar<\/p>\n<p>Cc:\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_5\">1.      Shri\u00a0Prabhati\u00a0Lal<br \/>\n        H.No.\u00a0P\u00ad1\/52\u00a0A,\u00a0Budh\u00a0Vihar\u00ad\u00a0I<br \/>\n        Delhi\u00ad\u00a0110\u00a0086<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_6\">2.      The\u00a0Appellate\u00a0Authority<br \/>\n        Western\u00a0Railway<br \/>\n        Office\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0General\u00a0Manager,<br \/>\n        Churchgate<br \/>\n        Mumbai\u00a0400\u00a0020<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_7\">3.      Public\u00a0Information\u00a0Officer,<br \/>\n        Western\u00a0Railway<br \/>\n        Office\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0General\u00a0Manager,<br \/>\n        Churchgate<br \/>\n        Mumbai\u00a0400\u00a0020\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_8\"> 4.   Officer\u00a0In\u00adcharge,\u00a0NIC\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Central Information Commission Mr.Prabhati Lal vs Ministry Of Railways on 22 March, 2011 In\u00a0the\u00a0Central\u00a0Information\u00a0Commission\u00a0 at New\u00a0Delhi File\u00a0No:\u00a0CIC\/AD\/A\/2011\/000237 Date\u00a0of\u00a0Hearing :\u00a0\u00a0March\u00a022,\u00a02011 Date\u00a0of\u00a0Decision :\u00a0\u00a0March\u00a022,\u00a02011 Parties: Appellant Shri\u00a0Prabhati\u00a0Lal H.No.\u00a0P\u00ad1\/52\u00a0A,\u00a0Budh\u00a0Vihar\u00ad\u00a0I Delhi\u00ad\u00a0110\u00a0086 The\u00a0Appellant\u00a0was\u00a0present. Respondents Western\u00a0Railway Office\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0General\u00a0Manager, Churchgate Mumbai\u00a0400\u00a0020 Represented\u00a0by:\u00a0\u00a0Shri\u00a0P.K.\u00a0Gopikumar,\u00a0Sr.\u00a0Personnel\u00a0Officer\u00a0(Engg.),\u00a0Shri\u00a0S.N.\u00a0Saleem,\u00a0APIO,\u00a0and\u00a0 Shri\u00a0Pradeep\u00a0Kumar\u00a0Arora,\u00a0APIO&#8211;present\u00a0at\u00a0NIC\u00a0VC\u00a0facility\u00a0at\u00a0Mumbai Information\u00a0Commissioner :\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Mrs.\u00a0Annapurna\u00a0Dixit ___________________________________________________________________ Decision\u00a0Notice As\u00a0given\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0decision\u00a0 In\u00a0the\u00a0Central\u00a0Information\u00a0Commission\u00a0 at New\u00a0Delhi File\u00a0No:\u00a0CIC\/AD\/A\/2011\/000237 ORDER Background The\u00a0Applicant\u00a0filed\u00a0his\u00a0RTI\u00adapplication\u00a0with\u00a0the\u00a0PIO,\u00a0Western\u00a0Railway,\u00a0Mumbai\u00a0on\u00a0 16.04.2010\u00a0 seeking\u00a0information\u00a0against\u00a08\u00a0items\u00a0in\u00a0relation\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0departmental\u00a0 exam \u00a0 conducted \u00a0 by \u00a0 the [&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-268877","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.Prabhati Lal vs Ministry Of Railways on 22 March, 2011 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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