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2013 (8) TMI 526 - HC - Indian LawsApplication under RTI Act – Vigilance Manual of the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) - Respondent made an application under the RTI Act to the Public Information Officer to furnish him a copy of the Vigilance Manual of the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption - The Public Information Officer passed the order rejecting the request of the first respondent on the ground that the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) had been exempted from furnishing information under the RTI Act which on appeal was allowed further – thus the present writ was filed by the petitioner - Held that:- On a cumulative reading of Sections 2(f), 4(l)(b)(v), 8 and the provisos to Section 24(4) the respondent was entitled to the manual of DVAC in view of the judgment of the Division Bench read with the provisos to Section 24(4) of the RTI Act. Respondent was entitled to have the manual of the DVAC - The manual cannot be kept as a secret document - It was nothing but a set of rules as to how the DVAC was functioning – the information that were the subject matter before the Division Bench were concerned with the corruption and the consequent action taken by the DVAC and those details were directed to be furnished - Hence, the DVAC cannot refuse to furnish the manual maintained by it – the manual was not exempted from disclosure as per Section 8 of the RTI Act - While Section 8 states that there shall be no obligation to give the information relating to various documents mentioned, the manual of the DVAC was not one among them – Decided against petitoner.
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