Times
of India: Jaipur: Wednesday, 07 April 2021.
The state information commission on Tuesday slapped three penalties on Baran Municipal Council commissioner and one penalty on assistant mining engineer for not providing information under the Right To Information Act (RTI).
One Himanshu had filed an RTI on July 15, 2019, seeking details of some documents in the local body office. Since he was not given the required information, he appealed before the information commission (IC) office. The IC served three notices to Baran commissioner office directing to relay the information. The notices fell on deaf ears as the office didn’t respond to any of the notices.
Similarly, Baran commissioner office didn’t release the information sought by one Prashant Mittal under two separate applications and ignored the notices served by IC office. The commissioner was told to appear before the commission. But he ignored the order and finally was given 15 days to respond. After the deadline ended, he was slapped with penalty. Information commissioner Narain Bareth slapped a penalty of Rs 10,000 for each of the three charges on commissioner of Baran local body. "Undermining the notices served by the competent authority is akin to disrespect of the RTI law," said Bareth.
Similarly, the information commissioner has slapped Rs 10,000 penalty on assistant engineer mining in Sarwar for not providing information sought by one Sitaram Gupta on March 5, 2018.
The state information commission on Tuesday slapped three penalties on Baran Municipal Council commissioner and one penalty on assistant mining engineer for not providing information under the Right To Information Act (RTI).
One Himanshu had filed an RTI on July 15, 2019, seeking details of some documents in the local body office. Since he was not given the required information, he appealed before the information commission (IC) office. The IC served three notices to Baran commissioner office directing to relay the information. The notices fell on deaf ears as the office didn’t respond to any of the notices.
Similarly, Baran commissioner office didn’t release the information sought by one Prashant Mittal under two separate applications and ignored the notices served by IC office. The commissioner was told to appear before the commission. But he ignored the order and finally was given 15 days to respond. After the deadline ended, he was slapped with penalty. Information commissioner Narain Bareth slapped a penalty of Rs 10,000 for each of the three charges on commissioner of Baran local body. "Undermining the notices served by the competent authority is akin to disrespect of the RTI law," said Bareth.
Similarly, the information commissioner has slapped Rs 10,000 penalty on assistant engineer mining in Sarwar for not providing information sought by one Sitaram Gupta on March 5, 2018.
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