TMI Blog2014 (1) TMI 1463X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... on of F. No. 32 (15)/CESTAT/Enquiry Committee/ADMN/2011 (including all part files) along with all note-sheets, correspondence pages. (c) Please provide copies of the documents and records as requested at the time of inspection and thereafter. 2. The matter was heard on 29-1-2013. 3. On perusal of documents on file, it transpires that the CPIO, Shri S.K. Verma, on receipt of the aforementioned RTI application dated 19-9-2011, wrote a letter dated 11-11-2011, permitting the appellant to inspect the records on 21-11-2011. A copy of the letter was endorsed to the P.A. to Registrar, CESTAT, with the request to make available the relevant records for inspection to the appellant on the specified date and to pro ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... n to the appellant Similarly, he requested the PA to Registrar, CESTAT to supply 115 pages of information. The CPIO provided 115 pages of information as received from P.A. to Registrar, vide letter dated 22-2-2012. The appellant vide letter dated 25-2-2012 asked for refund of Rs. 250/- on the grounds that the information had been provided to him long after the period of 30 days. The CPIO wrote to the appellant on 21-3-2012 allowing inspection of record on 27-3-2012, a copy of the letter was marked to Asstt. Registrar (Admn.) with the request to make available the File No. 32(15)/CESTAT/Enquiry Committee/Admn/2011 (including all part files) to Shri R.K. Jain on the aforementioned date. The Asstt. Registrar, Shri Mohinder Singh, vide his lett ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... hereafter, in compliance with the direction of the FAA, Shri S.K. Verma, CPIO, vide his letter dated 6-2-2012 requested Shri Mohinder Singh, Asstt. Registrar to provide File No. 32(15)/CESTAT/Enquiry Committee/Admn./2011 (including all part files) to him so that he could give date for inspection to the appellant. The Asstt. Registrar, Shri Mohinder Singh, vide letter dated 26-3-2012 requested the appellant to inspect the file on 29-3-2012 but he declined inspection on that day on the grounds that the file was under submission. That in fact he submitted the file to Registrar on 23-3-2012 and the file had not been received back. Shri Mohinder Singh, Asstt. Registrar, therefore is prima facie responsible for failing to make available the file ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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