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2013 (3) TMI 103 - CENTRAL INFORMATION COMMISSIONDelay of 42 days in providing of requisite records made under RTI-request - Held that:- There is no doubt that the RTI-application dated 2-5-2011 filed by Shri R.K. Jain was replied to by CPIO Shri Mohinder Singh, Assistant Registrar vide ID No. 06-56/11, dated 6-6-2011. Shri Jain inspected the relevant documents on 9-6-2011 and submitted his Inspection Notes dated 9-6-2011 indicating clearly the copies of the documents required by him. With regard to other Inspection Notes, the copies of 813 pages were provided to Shri Jain on 27-6-2011. However, no information was provided to him in respect of his Inspection Memo No. 87 dated 9-6-2011 for more than a fortnight. He therefore, sent a reminder dated 24-6-2011 to the CPIO and the same was received in the office of the Public Authority on the same day. Subsequently, two more reminders were sent vide letters dated 1-7-2011 and 9-7-2011. Finally, copies of 383 pages of a Register maintained by Shri Pramod Kumar were furnished only on 22-7-2012. Thus the 30 days time available with the CPIO as mentioned in Section 7 of the RTI Acthad already been lapsed as the CPIO given a reply on 6-6-2011 to the RTI-request dated 2-5-2011. The CPIO never contested that he had sent all the three letters to the deemed CPIO. Thus, the Commission is of the considered view that both Shri Mohinder Singh, Assistant Registrar & the then CPIO and Shri Pramod Kumar, SPS to Member (Tech.) & holder-of-the-information are equally responsible for the delay in furnishing the information. A penalty of Rs. 10,500/- for the delay of 42 days @ Rs. 250/- per day is imposed u/s 20(1) of the RTI Act, 2005. As both the officers are equally responsible, the penalty of Rs. 5,250/- is imposed on each of them viz., Shri Mohinder Singh, Asstt. Registrar & the then CPIO and Shri Pramod Kumar, Deemed CPIO to be recovered in 2 monthly instalments of Rs. 2,625/- each from each one of them.
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