Times of India: Chennai: Venkatadesan: Thursday, November 20, 2025.
The state information commission has directed the directorate of vigilance and anti-corruption (DVAC) to furnish details of corruption cases it has registered against MPs and MLAs, rejecting its denial of such information. Chief Information Commissioner Md Shakheel Akhter ordered DVAC SP and public information officer V Saravana Kumar to provide the details sought by a petitioner under the Right to Information Act. The directions came while disposing appeals by Aadithya Cholan of Ramapuram, who was not satisfied with the replies he received to his original petition and first appeal.
The petition was filed in Nov 2024, and the first appeal in Jan.
While the second appeal was filed before the commission in April, Aadithya Cholan moved the Madras high court seeking directions to the information commission. The high court passed an order directing the commission to consider the petitioner's second appeal on its merits and in accordance with the law, and to pass orders within a period of 12 weeks. When the appeal came up for hearing on Nov 12, DVAC S P V Saravana Kumar submitted the agency's reply to the petition dated Dec 17, 2024. But the appellant contended that it was incorrect information and that the reply was rejected under Section 7(9) of the RTI Act.
The commission has now directed the PIO to furnish modified, correct information as per their records to the petitioner by Speed Post within a month. They were also instructed to submit the postal tracking of the petitioner and a copy of the reply sent to the petitioner on Jan 8, 2026.
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