Times
of India: Bhopal: Tuesday, 17 March 2015.
State
Information Commission has slapped a penalty on an officer for withholding RTI
information. Chief information commissioner KD Khan imposed Rs 25,000 penalty
on deputy secretary of urban administration development department for not
giving RTI information within 30 days.
This is the
second time in a month when an officer has been summoned by the commission for
misusing powers vested in public information officer (PIO). The action comes
for withholding information demanded by a senior union leader over a query on a
government letter.
"The
action will make them make them think twice before they misuse the act, MP
State information Commission under secretary," Parag Karkare said.
Karkare said,
"For some PIOs, Rs 25,000 is a pittance as they gain more by concealing
the information. For greater transparency, either a heavy penalty should be
imposed or there should a strong deterrent."
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