The Tribune: Ludhiana: Thursday,
03 December 2020.
The Punjab State Information Commission has imposed a penalty of Rs 10,000 on the MC’s public information officer (PIO) for not providing information to an applicant under the RTI Act. Sat Pal Sharma of Durgapuri in Haibowal Kalan had sought an information from the Municipal Corporation but he claimed that officers did not provide any information to him.
Sharma had filed an appeal before the commission. During the hearing of the case, MC draftsman at Zone D, Jagdeep Singh, who appeared on behalf of the respondent PIO, stated that all available information had been given to the appellant. But, the appellant, Satpal Sharma, stated that information regarding encroachment had not been given to him till date.
State Information Commissioner Sanjiv Garg has ordered to impose a penalty on the PIO concerned. As complete information has not been provided to the information seeker even after a period of over four years, a penalty of Rs 10,000 has been imposed on Vijay Kumar, who was the PIO (as per version of the appellant) when the RTI application was moved, and is at present posted at the Department of Local Bodies, according to the order.
The Punjab State Information Commission has imposed a penalty of Rs 10,000 on the MC’s public information officer (PIO) for not providing information to an applicant under the RTI Act. Sat Pal Sharma of Durgapuri in Haibowal Kalan had sought an information from the Municipal Corporation but he claimed that officers did not provide any information to him.
Sharma had filed an appeal before the commission. During the hearing of the case, MC draftsman at Zone D, Jagdeep Singh, who appeared on behalf of the respondent PIO, stated that all available information had been given to the appellant. But, the appellant, Satpal Sharma, stated that information regarding encroachment had not been given to him till date.
State Information Commissioner Sanjiv Garg has ordered to impose a penalty on the PIO concerned. As complete information has not been provided to the information seeker even after a period of over four years, a penalty of Rs 10,000 has been imposed on Vijay Kumar, who was the PIO (as per version of the appellant) when the RTI application was moved, and is at present posted at the Department of Local Bodies, according to the order.
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