PIB: New Delhi: Thursday, May 09, 2013.
There are a number of cases where an applicant has filed
first appeal with the First Appellate Authority in the Public Authority
concerned and second appeal/complaint with the Central Information
Commission/State Information , as the case may be, inter-alia, due to the
following reasons:
1.
Non-receipt of information within
prescribed time;
2.
Denial of request of information;
3. If he/she believes that
incomplete/misleading or false information under this Act has been given by the
Public Information Officer.
The number of second appeals/complaints registered by the
Central Information Commission during three years is as under:
|
2009-10
|
2010-11
|
2011-12
|
|
22800
|
28875
|
33922
|
The Right to Information Act, 2005 already provides for
imposition of penalty and recommendation of disciplinary action by the Central
Information Commission/State Information Commission, as the case may be,
against the Public Information Officer who has knowingly given incorrect,
incomplete or misleading information under the RTI Act. The CIC/SICs have been
imposing such penalties and also recommending disciplinary action against such
Public Information Officers.
This was stated
by Shri V. Narayanasamy, Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public
Grievances and Pension and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office in
written reply to a question by Shri Bharat Ram Meghwal today.
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