New Delhi The CIC has slapped a maximum penalty of Rs 25,000 on an employee of the Ministry of Personnel Public Grievances and Pensions for not providing information to an RTI applicant on time.
The applicant Mahendra Kumar Gupta had sought some information from Kendriya Bhandar, which is under the Ministry of Personnel Public Grievances and Pensions.
But the Central Public Information Officer of the department R K Singh provided the information after a delay of 215 days.
The information was to be provided by September 27, 2007, as per provisions of RTI Act.
The commission in its order imposed penalty of Rs 250 per day not exceeding Rs 25,000 as per the provision of RTI Act and directed the Kendriya Bhandar chairperson to recovered it from Singh's salary either directly or through deducting Rs 5,000 per month.
The CIC in its earlier hearing had directed the department to show cause as to "why a penalty of Rs 250 per day from the date when information fell due September 27, 2007 to the date when the information is actually supplied, April 30, 2008, not exceeding Rs 25,000 should not be imposed."
Courtesy: Indian express
Courtesy: Indian express
