{"id":271526,"date":"2010-10-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-17T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/mr-harish-kumar-agrawal-vs-ministry-of-agriculture-on-18-october-2010"},"modified":"2019-01-03T03:46:49","modified_gmt":"2019-01-02T22:16:49","slug":"mr-harish-kumar-agrawal-vs-ministry-of-agriculture-on-18-october-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/mr-harish-kumar-agrawal-vs-ministry-of-agriculture-on-18-october-2010","title":{"rendered":"Mr.Harish Kumar Agrawal vs Ministry Of Agriculture on 18 October, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Central Information Commission<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Mr.Harish Kumar Agrawal vs Ministry Of Agriculture on 18 October, 2010<\/div>\n<pre id=\"pre_1\">                    Central\u00a0Information\u00a0Commission\n               Room\u00a0No.\u00a05,\u00a0Club\u00a0Building,\u00a0Near\u00a0Post\u00a0Office\n                Old\u00a0J.N.U.\u00a0Campus,\u00a0New\u00a0Delhi\u00a0-\u00a0110067\n                           Tel\u00a0No:\u00a026161997\u00a0\n\n                                                     Case\u00a0No.\u00a0CIC\/SS\/A\/2010\/000333\n\n       Name\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0Appellant\u00a0          \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Shri\u00a0Harish\u00a0Kumar\u00a0Aggrawal\u00a0\n                                       \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(The\u00a0Appellant\u00a0was\u00a0not\u00a0present)\n\n\n                                               Name \u00a0 of \u00a0 the \u00a0 Public \u00a0 Authority\u00a0 \u00a0:\u00a0\n                                               Indian\u00a0Grassland\u00a0&amp;\u00a0Fodder\u00a0Research\u00a0\n                                               Institute,\u00a0Jhansi,\u00a0U.P.\n                                               Represented \u00a0 by \u00a0 Dr. \u00a0 K.A. \u00a0 Singh,\u00a0\n                                               Director,\u00a0Shri\u00a0 A.K.\u00a0 Chaturvedi\u00a0PS\u00a0 to\u00a0\n                                               CPIO\u00a0and\u00a0Shri\u00a0A.K.\u00a0Saxena,\u00a0Sr.\u00a0T.O.\u00a0\n\n       The\u00a0matter\u00a0was\u00a0heard\u00a0on\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0:       \u00a022.9.2010.\n\n\n                                        ORDER\n<\/pre>\n<p id=\"p_1\">        Shri\u00a0Harish\u00a0Kumar\u00a0Aggarwal,\u00a0hereinafter\u00a0known\u00a0as\u00a0Appellant,\u00a0filed\u00a0an\u00a0<br \/>\napplication \u00a0 dated \u00a0 11.11.2009, \u00a0 seeking \u00a0 information \u00a0 on \u00a0 22 \u00a0 points \u00a0 under \u00a0 the\u00a0<br \/>\nprovisions\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0RTI\u00a0Act,\u00a02005,\u00a0from\u00a0the\u00a0CPIO,\u00a0Indian\u00a0Grassland\u00a0&amp;\u00a0Fodder\u00a0<br \/>\nResearch \u00a0 Institute \u00a0 (IGFRI), \u00a0 Jhansi, \u00a0 U.P. \u00a0 \u00a0 On \u00a0 not \u00a0 getting \u00a0 the \u00a0 requisite\u00a0<br \/>\ninformation\u00a0from\u00a0the\u00a0CPIO,\u00a0the\u00a0Appellant\u00a0filed\u00a0an\u00a0appeal\u00a0before\u00a0Shri\u00a0K.A.\u00a0Singh,\u00a0<br \/>\nDirector\/FAA, \u00a0 IGFRI. \u00a0 \u00a0 The \u00a0 FAA \u00a0 vide \u00a0 his \u00a0 order \u00a0 dated \u00a0 16.1.2010 \u00a0 decided \u00a0 4\u00a0<br \/>\nappeals\u00a0of\u00a0Shri\u00a0H.K.\u00a0Aggrawal\u00a0covering\u00a096\u00a0points\u00a0for\u00a0information.\u00a0\u00a0In\u00a0his\u00a0order,\u00a0<br \/>\nthe \u00a0 FAA \u00a0 has \u00a0 mentioned \u00a0 that \u00a0 CPIO \u00a0 was \u00a0 already \u00a0 in \u00a0 the \u00a0 process \u00a0 of\u00a0<br \/>\ncollecting\/Xeroxing\u00a0information\u00a0as\u00a0available\u00a0in\u00a0various\u00a0records\u00a0and\u00a0he\u00a0advised\u00a0<br \/>\nthe\u00a0Appellant\u00a0to\u00a0deposit\u00a0the\u00a0requisite\u00a0cost\u00a0so\u00a0that\u00a0information\u00a0is\u00a0dispatched\u00a0to\u00a0<br 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                                                                                    18.10.2010\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Central Information Commission Mr.Harish Kumar Agrawal vs Ministry Of Agriculture on 18 October, 2010 Central\u00a0Information\u00a0Commission Room\u00a0No.\u00a05,\u00a0Club\u00a0Building,\u00a0Near\u00a0Post\u00a0Office Old\u00a0J.N.U.\u00a0Campus,\u00a0New\u00a0Delhi\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0110067 Tel\u00a0No:\u00a026161997\u00a0 Case\u00a0No.\u00a0CIC\/SS\/A\/2010\/000333 Name\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0Appellant\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Shri\u00a0Harish\u00a0Kumar\u00a0Aggrawal\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(The\u00a0Appellant\u00a0was\u00a0not\u00a0present) Name \u00a0 of \u00a0 the \u00a0 Public \u00a0 Authority\u00a0 \u00a0:\u00a0 Indian\u00a0Grassland\u00a0&amp;\u00a0Fodder\u00a0Research\u00a0 Institute,\u00a0Jhansi,\u00a0U.P. 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