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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Files go 'missing', CIC smells a rat -Rumu Banerjee

Files go 'missing', CIC smells a rat -Rumu Banerjee

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published Published on Jul 1, 2017   modified Modified on Jul 1, 2017
-The Times of India

NEW DELHI: Can mice or fire destroying files be an adequate excuse not to give information under the RTI Act? That's a question that the central information commission has asked officials in response to a complaint filed by an RTI applicant who claimed that he had been denied information by the department concerned on the basis that the files were "missing".

The RTI applicant, Virendra Singh Jafna, had asked for information from the Union ministry of tribal affairs with specific file numbers, regarding his tenure as an officer in the ministry of social justice and empowerment 20 years ago. The public information officer, however, claimed the files were missing.

Information commissioner M Sridhar Acharyulu was scathing in his response to the complaint, and cited numerous instances of files going 'missing' due to mice or other causes such as fire. Acharyulu even cited the provision for keeping a cat while highlighting the lax attitude of department officials and file handlers or clerks towards keeping records.

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The Times of India, 1 July, 2017, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/files-go-missing-cic-smells-a-rat/articleshow/59393365.cms


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