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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Panel fines official for sitting on RTI pleas

Panel fines official for sitting on RTI pleas

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published Published on Aug 29, 2012   modified Modified on Aug 29, 2012
-The Times of India

BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha State Information Commission has imposed fines on a public information officer (PIO) for delay in supplying information under the Right to Information (RTI) Act to two different applicants in Sundargarh district.

State information commissioner Jagadananda last week imposed the maximum stipulated fine of Rs 25,000 on Goutam Ranjan Bose, assistant fisheries officer-cum-PIO in Sundargarh in one case and Rs 7,500 in another for violation of Section 7(1) of the RTI Act.

Two persons, Banambar Sahoo and Sachidanand Mistry, had separately sought details of the proceedings of a meeting of a PDS related advisory committee and the list of beneficiaries underAntyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) in the district. While Sahoo had filed the RTI application on December 28, 2010, Mistry sought the same information on January 20, 2011.

Failing to secure the information, both of them had filed complaint petitions. The commission had asked the PIO on July 3, 2012 to provide all permissible information within 15 days and issued a show-cause notice to him.

In another hearing on August 2, the commission pointed out serious lapses on the part of PIO and asked him why disciplinary action shall not be recommended against him. The commission had also asked the Sundargarh sadar block development officer to submit a status report through an affidavit.

Though the PIO submitted the information as sought by Sahoo, Mistry and asked by the commission, the SIC did not find his explanation satisfactory and imposed fines in the two cases on August 23.

The Times of India, 29 August, 2012, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/Panel-fines-official-for-sitting-on-RTI-pleas/articleshow/15920229.cms


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