Room No. 415, 4th Floor, Block IV, Old JNU Campus, New Delhi - 110067 Tel: + 91 11 26161796 Decision No. CIC /SG/C/2008/00155/1589 Complaint No. CIC/SG/C/2008/00155 Complainant : Mr. Rinku Singh Rahi, C/O Sri Premchand Patel, House No. 73/2013/1 Nayapura, Kamla Nagar, Stanley Road, Allahabad Respondent : Public Information Officer Senate Hall (North) First Floor, University of Allahabad, Allahabad Facts arising from the Complaint: Mr. Rinku Singh had filed a RTI application with the PIO, University of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh on 28/11/2007 asking for certain information. Since no reply was received within the mandated time of 30 days, he had filed a complaint under Section
18 to the Commission. The Commission issued a notice to the PIO asking him to supply the information and sought an explanation for not furnishing the information within the mandated time. The PIO sent his explanation to the Commission on 02/02/2009. Decision: Complaint Partially Allowed. The complainant had asked for information on five points in his RTI application. The complainant queries in point no. 3 to 5 do not fall with in the definition of information as defined in Section 2 (f) of the RTI Act. However, the PIO should have provided the information to the complainant in respect of his query no. 1 and 2. The PIOs reply dated February 02, 2009 that information is not available in the relevant office, is no reply. The PIO is therefore, directed to provide full and unambiguous information to the complainant on his query no. 1 and 2 before March 05, 2009. Notice of this decision be given free of cost to the parties. Shailesh Gandhi Information Commissioner February 10, 2009
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