Central Information Commission, New Delhi
File No. CIC/BS/A/2013/002340/SH
Right to Information Act2005Under Section (19)
Date of hearing : 11th December 2014
Date of decision : 11th December 2014
Name of the Appellant : Shri Rajeev Kumar Khare,
Lane No. 3, Prem Vihar Colony, Prem
Nagar, Satna (M.P.) 485 001
Name of the Public : Central Public Information Officer,
Authority/Respondent National Archives of India,Janptah, New Delhi 110001 The Appellant was present at the NIC Studio, Satna.
On behalf of the Respondents, the following were present in person:
1. Shri Syed Farid Ahmed, Assistant Director (CPIO).
2. Shri Udey Shankar, Archivist.
Information Commissioner : Shri Sharat Sabharwal This matter pertains to an RTI application dated 19.2.2013 filed by the Appellant, seeking information on three points regarding the death sentence awarded to Sardar Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru and related details. The CPIO responded on 10.4.2013 and advised the Appellant to consult the records available at the National Archives of India under the Public Records Act 1993 to obtain the information desired by him. Not satisfied with the reply of the CPIO, the Appellant filed an appeal to the First Appellate Authority on 2.5.2013. In his order dated