1. The appellant filed an application under the Right to Information Act, 2005 (RTI Act) before the Central Public Information Officer (CPIO), National Aluminium Company Ltd., Bhubaneshwar seeking information on six points including inter alia: a) NALCO employees from Angul Sector included in the Post Retirement Medical Benefit Scheme (PRMBS) and individual contribution of the employees, b) certified copy of Rules and Regulations of the Post Retirement Medical Benefit Scheme (PRMBS), (c)medical facility provided to the employees who have recently retired and whether NALCO employees are paying any dues to avail the medical facilities after retirement, d) amount of expenditure spent towards salary of employees, compensation, transportation since 2004 to February 2016., e) amount paid to the Government towards fine for delay in mining.
2. The appellant filed a second appeal before the Commission on the grounds that no information was received from the PIO while the FAA reiterated and uphled the reply of the PIO. The appellant requested the Commission to direct respondent to furnish information sought by him.
Hearing:
3. The appellant and the respondent Sh. D Vyas, CPIO and Sh. Sanjay Mishra, GM HR/deemed PIO, NALCO attended the hearing through video conferencing.
4. The appellant submitted that information on point nos. 5(a), 5(c), 5(d) and 5(e) has been wrongly denied on the grounds that the same is not held in the desired format. He requested the Commission to direct the respondent to furnish the information sought for.
5. The respondent submitted that information regarding the Rules and Regulations of Post Retirement Medical Benefit Scheme (PRMBS) has already been provided. The respondent further explained that the information sought against the query number 5(c) of the RTI application regarding kind of medical facility provided to the employees who have retired recently and whether the NALCO employees are paying any dues to avail the medical facility, is already a part of the Scheme, which has been provided to the appellant.
As regards point nos. 5(a), 5(d) and 5(e) of the RTI application, the respondent volunteered to provide the information pertaining to the number of employees covered under the PRMBS; the total amount of expenditure spent towards salary of employees, compensation, transport and periphery development etc. since 2004 till February 2016.
DECISION
6. The Commission, after hearing the submissions of parties and perusal of the records, observes that the information provided by the respondent CPIO vide reply dated 04.05.2017 is not comprehensive. The Commission, therefore, directs the respondent to provide succinct and accurate information to the appellant against queries number 5(a), 5(d), and 5(e) of the RTI application within four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order under intimation to the Commission.
7. With the above observations, the appeal is disposed of.
8. Copy of the decision be provided free of cost to the parties.