Two fined for denying info.

The Nyooz: Chandigadh: Friday, February 19, 2016.

Narayan has been seeking information regarding streets constructed in his village since March 27, 2015, when he had first filed an RTI application.under the RTI Act. Sources said that Singh had sought details about compensation to farmers of five villages on June 12, 2015, after damage to their crops because of natural calamity. The panel then issued bailable warrants against the revenue officer.The commission on Monday held him responsible not only for delay in supplying the information but also for defiance of commission's orders. Atri had initially issued a notice to the tehsildar, which was followed by a show-cause notice but the officer did not turn up for the hearing at commission's office in Chandigarh. The panel has also directed him to furnish the information within two weeks.In another case, Atri slapped a fine of Rs 25,000 on a panchayat secretary Ram Prasad, who allegedly blatantly denied information to applicant Sheo Narayan of Surpura Kalan village of Bhiwani district.

Haryana State Information Commission (HSIC) has slapped penalties on a tehsildar posted in Sonipat and a panchayat secretary posted in a village of Bhiwani district for delay in providing information to the RTI applicants and defying its orders.State information commissioner Hemant Atri imposed a fined Rs 10,000 on Sonipat's tehsildar Vikas Singh for delay in providing information to an RTI applicant Shiromani Dalbir Singh, who belongs to a village in the district. Sources said that Singh had sought details about compensation to farmers of five villages on June 12, 2015, after damage to their crops because of natural calamity. Atri had initially issued a notice to the tehsildar, which was followed by a show-cause notice but the officer did not turn up for the hearing at commission's office in Chandigarh. 

The panel then issued bailable warrants against the revenue officer.The commission on Monday held him responsible not only for delay in supplying the information but also for defiance of commission's orders. The panel has also directed him to furnish the information within two weeks.In another case, Atri slapped a fine of Rs 25,000 on a panchayat secretary Ram Prasad, who allegedly blatantly denied information to applicant Sheo Narayan of Surpura Kalan village of Bhiwani district. Narayan has been seeking information regarding streets constructed in his village since March 27, 2015, when he had first filed an RTI application.under the RTI Act..