Central Information Commission, New Delhi
File No. CIC/DS/C/2013/000569/SH
Right to Information Act2005Under Section (18)/(19) Date of hearing : 6th February 2014 Date of decision : 6th February 2014 Name of the Complainant : Sh. M Murugan, Quarter No. 37/2, Shompan Hut Complex,
Campbell Bay744 302
Name of the Public Authority : Central Public Information Officer, Andaman Adim Janjati Vikas Samiti,
O/o the Excutive Secretary, Secretariat
Complex, Port Blair
The Complainant was present at the NIC Studio, Port Blair. On behalf of the Respondents, Shri H. K. Gaur, PIO was present at the NIC Studio, Port Blair.
Information Commissioner : Shri Sharat Sabharwal According to the complaint, the Complainant filed an RTI application seeking some information from the Respondents. On 9.9.2013, he wrote to the Respondents asking for details of the fee of Rs. 1056/ demanded by them for providing the information to him. Vide his letter dated 20.9.2013, the PIO informed the Complainant that since the information needed by him ran into 529 pages, he was required to deposit Rs. 1058/ to obtain the photocopies. The Complainant made a complaint to the CIC under Section 18 (1) (c ) on 15.10.2013. In this, he stated that the PIO's letter dated 20.9.2013 was "misleading and