Furnishing Wrong Information in respect of RTI replies by PIOs
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There
are a number of cases where an applicant has filed first appeal with the
First Appellate Authority in the Public Authority concerned and second
appeal/complaint with the Central Information Commission/State Information ,
as the case may be, inter-alia, due to the following reasons:
(i) Non-receipt of information within
prescribed time;
(ii) Denial of request of information;
(iii) If he/she believes that
incomplete/misleading or false information under this Act has been given by
the Public Information Officer.
The
number of second appeals/complaints registered by the Central Information
Commission during three years is as under:
The
Right to Information Act, 2005 already provides for imposition of penalty and
recommendation of disciplinary action by the Central Information
Commission/State Information Commission, as the case may be, against the
Public Information Officer who has knowingly given incorrect, incomplete or
misleading information under the RTI Act. The CIC/SICs have been imposing
such penalties and also recommending disciplinary action against such Public
Information Officers.This was stated by Shri V. Narayanasamy, Minister of
State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension and
Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office in written reply to a
question by Shri Bharat Ram Meghwal today.
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Wednesday, May 8, 2013
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