Times of India: Bhopal: Friday, January 23, 2015.
Two public
information officers (PIOs) were penalized with Rs 40,000 for not providing
information to an applicant under Right to Information Act.
In its order
passed on Wednesday, state information commissioner Atmadeep imposed a penalty
of Rs 25,000 on the then PIO of Bhind and now food safety officer of Sagar
district Ashu Kushwaha and a penalty of Rs 15,000 was imposed on current food
safety officer of Bhind, Dinesh Kumar Lodhi.
Parag Singh
Chouhan, a resident of Bhopal, sought information regarding bungling of funds
by food safety officer of Bhind in 2011. But in past four years despite several
complaints, he was not provided with the requisite information, in the
meantime, state information commission directed the then PIO four times to
provide the information but it was denied.
Ultimately,
information commissioner ordered to impose a penalty of Rs 25,000 on the then
PIO and Rs 15,000 on current PIO for delaying the information. The applicant
finally received information after four years on Wednesday.
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