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Token penalty of Re 1 slapped on passport office by CIC
New Delhi (PTI): In a rare decision, the CIC has slapped a token penalty of rupee one on Ghaziabad passport office for harassing an RTI applicant.
RTI applicant, Commodore Lokesh Batra, himself sought imposition of the token penalty over the f Re one on the passport office after it failed to respond to his query related to facilities for the disabled at the office.
"The appellant brought to the notice of the Commission the harassment that he has had to go through to get his demand for fulfilment of an important section of the RTI Act to be implemented.
"The commission considers his point of view and, as per the his own request, awards a token compensation of Re 1 for the mental harassment that the appellant has faced," said Central Information Commissioner O P Kejariwal.
In his RTI application in July 2006, Batra had sought information on the implementation of section 4 of the RTI Act related to facilities for the disabled at the Regional Passport Office at Ghaziabad. He wanted to "know the status of the action taken...under Chapter II of the RTI Act."
When the office did not give any reply within the stipulated one-month time, Batra filed an appeal in the department and then approached the CIC in March 2007.
Source: http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/002200902201675.htm
RTI applicant, Commodore Lokesh Batra, himself sought imposition of the token penalty over the f Re one on the passport office after it failed to respond to his query related to facilities for the disabled at the office.
"The appellant brought to the notice of the Commission the harassment that he has had to go through to get his demand for fulfilment of an important section of the RTI Act to be implemented.
"The commission considers his point of view and, as per the his own request, awards a token compensation of Re 1 for the mental harassment that the appellant has faced," said Central Information Commissioner O P Kejariwal.
In his RTI application in July 2006, Batra had sought information on the implementation of section 4 of the RTI Act related to facilities for the disabled at the Regional Passport Office at Ghaziabad. He wanted to "know the status of the action taken...under Chapter II of the RTI Act."
When the office did not give any reply within the stipulated one-month time, Batra filed an appeal in the department and then approached the CIC in March 2007.
Source: http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/002200902201675.htm
