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File No.CIC/SS/A/2013/002097/RM
Appellant: Shri Dilip Shrishrimal, Mahasamund Public Authority: Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India Ltd., Mumbai
Date of Hearing: 06.02.2014 Date of decision: 06.02.2014 Heard today, dated 06.02.2014 through video conferencing. Appellant heard over phone.
Public Authority is represented by Shri Vilas Jare, CPIO along with Ms Prerna Sinha, Executive Officer, ECGC Mumbai.
FACTS
Vide RTI dt 1.6.13 appellant had sought information on two issues.
2. PIO vide letter dt 7.6.13, informed the appellant that the information sought is in the nature of seeking an opinion and hence is not covered under the definition of 'information' as per Section 2(f) of the RTI Act.
3. An appeal was filed on 10.6.13.
4. AA vide order dt 4.7.13 upheld the decision of the CPIO and referred to the orders of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of Aditya Bandopadhyay wherein it was held that a public authority is not required to furnish information which require drawing of inferences or making of assumptions. The appeal was disposed of.
5. Submissions made by the appellant and public authority were heard. Appellant