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India: New Delhi: Friday, November 09, 2012.
The Delhi
High Court has upheld the decision of the Union Public Service Commission
(UPSC) not to share information related to disciplinary proceedings initiated
against an Indian Revenue Service officer.
A division
bench of Chief Justice D. Murugesan and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw Tuesday set
aside orders of another judge and the Central Information Commission (CIC) that
directed the UPSC to provide information related to the disciplinary
proceedings initiated against a 1974 batch IRS officer G.S. Narang to RTI
applicant R.K. Jain.
The bench
relied upon a Supreme Court verdict that held that "information on
disciplinary proceeding against an officer is personal in nature and the RTI
Act exempts the department from disclosure of such details".
It also accepted
the UPSC's argument that the commission could not conduct any disciplinary
proceedings against the IRS officer but could only give its opinion to the
central government.
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