Times
of India: Ajmer: Thursday, 28 August 2014.
The Rajasthan
Public Service Commission (RPSC) on Wednesday said the decision to pay Rs
25,000 as a penalty under the RTI Act from the RPSC account was the decision of
the full bench of the commission, which is constitutional body.
The Anti
Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Wednesday went to RPSC to record the statement of
chairperson Habib Khan Gauran and to carry out an investigation into the
decision of paying the money from the account of commission. The Ajmer wing of
ACB is investigating the matter of paying the penalty from the RPSC account.
Sources said
ACB officials met secretary Naresh Kumar Thakral and took information about the
decisions of the RPSC. They also met Gauran and recorded his statement on the
issue.
Sources said
the decision of paying the penalty was made during the tenure of former chairperson
and there was no role of Gauran in it. "Any decision of the full bench of
RPSC is non-challengeable and therefore it could not fall under the category of
corruption," an official said, adding that the RPSC had the power to make
rules and decide on certain issues.
Gauran was
earlier charged with taking the decision when the state Right to Information
Commission ordered RPSC to pay a penalty of Rs 25,000 for not providing
information to an applicant.