CIC Directs RBI To Appoint Nodal CPIO [Read Order]

The Central Information Commission recently directed the Reserve Bank of India to appoint a nodal Central Public Information Officer (CPIO), in addition to the current norm of appointing a separate CPIO for every department.“In the light of the foregoing, we direct the Respondent public authority to appoint a nodal CPIO or designate one of the existing CPIOs as the nodal CPIO and give...

Make Efforts To Look Into Issues Raised By Guha & To Make BCCI More Transparent: CIC [Read Order]

The Central Information Commission on Friday urged the Court-appointed Committee of Administrators running the BCCI to “immediately initiate efforts” to look into the issues raised by historian Ramachandra Guha in his resignation letter. Mr. Guha had, in his resignation letter, made sensational claims questioning the stardom and conflict of...

CIC Slaps ASI Officials With Maximum Penalty For Denying Information On Illegal Constructions Near Taj Mahal [Read Order]

The Central Information Commissioner recently imposed maximum penalty of Rs. 25,000 on two officials of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) for failing to provide information about illegal constructions in the prohibited area around Taj Mahal.“When 500 meters area was demarcated for the purposes of protection of the historic monument, the...

CIC Tells Dept Of Posts To Provide Info On Demonetisation To RTI Applicant [Read Order]

The CIC, in the case of Ramswaroop vs PIO, Department of Posts, has directed the authority concerned to provide information regarding the number of currency notes exchanged during the demonetisation period to the petitioner since demonitisation had a huge impact on the everyday life of every citizen of the nation.In the instant case, the...

CIC Notice to CPIO Railway Board For Not Replying RTI Query, Awards Compensation To Applicant [Read Order]

The Central Information Commission, in the case of Pankaj Bansal vs Central Public Information Officer, Railway Board, has issued a show-cause notice to the CPIO for non-compliance with the provisions of the RTI Act and awarded a compensation of Rs. 5,000 to the appellant.Pankaj Bansal, the appellant, sought a copy of the file notings/...

Maharashtra Govt Unaware Of 2-Month-Old CIC Order Directing All Depts To Disclose Info On Welfare Schemes [Read Order]

In its reply to former Central Information Commissioner Shailesh Gandhi, the General Administrative Department (GAD) at Maharashtra Mantralaya claimed that they were unaware of any order by the CIC directing disclosure of information regarding various welfare schemes of the government.This said order was passed two months ago on March 25 and...

False Postal Receipts Of Legal Notices Are Derailing Suits: CIC [Read Order]

Information Commissioner Prof. M. Sridhar Acharyulu recently rapped postal authorities for issuing receipts without an official seal, observing that such practices were encouraging false receipts of legal notices to be issued.“The Commission finds that it is a small level fraud widespread all over the country causing serious loss to the parties...

CIC Refuses To Direct RBI To Disclose Defaulters And NPAs List, Awaits SC Verdict [Read Order]

A full-Bench of the Central Information Commission recently refused to direct the RBI to disclose list of defaulters and non-performing assets, in view of a similar issue being under consideration before the Supreme Court in the case of Centre for Public Interest Litigation v. Housing and Urban Development Corporation Ltd. & Ors., WP(s) (C) No...

CIC Seminar On RTI Tomorrow

The Central Information Commission is organising a seminar on implementation of the Right to Information at New Delhi on 19.05.17. The Inaugural Address will be delivered by the Chief Information Commissioner Radha Krishna Mathur. Prof. M. Sridhar Acharyulu, Information Commissioner, will talk about the “Scope of Privacy of Public Servant”....

RTI Query Exposes PF Scam Worth Crores [Read Order]

The Public Information Officer of EPFO has told the CIC that the PF contribution of employers were getting credited in someone else’s account instead of their respective PF accounts.A PF scam running into crores of rupees has come to light through an RTI appeal. The EPFO got into alert mode with the RTI request and alerted investigating agencies,...

Initiate Steps To Introduce RTI Stamps For Payment Of RTI Fees: CIC To DoPT And Department Of Post [Read Order]

The Central Information Commission on Friday reiterated its recommendation for the issue of RTI-stamps or numbered RTI-coupons as mode for payment of RTI-fees.“Therefore, there needs to be an immediate remedial action in respect of the confusion thus created as a result of the procedural lacunae resulting in RTI applications getting stuck in such...

Disclose The Status Of MoP For Judges Appointment, Judicial Accountability BIll Etc : CIC To Law Ministry [Read Order]

The Central Information Commission on Wednesday expressed anguish over the lack of transparency and accountability in the process of appointment of Judges. It further directed the Ministry of Law and Justice to inform an RTI applicant  about the current status of the Judicial Standards and Accountability Bill, and other alternate measures proposed...