Central Information Commission, New Delhi
File No.CIC/SM/A/2013/000388
Right to Information Act2005Under Section (19) Date of hearing : 24/07/2013 Date of decision : 24/07/2013 Name of the Appellant : Sh. Aseem Takyar, Plot No. 144, PhaseI, Udyog Vihar,
Gurgaon, 122 016
Name of the Public Authority : Central Public Information Officer, Prasar Bharati,
Broadcasting Corporation of India,
DG:AIR, (Sports Cell), Akashwani
Bhawan, Sansad Marg, New Delhi 110001
The Appellant was present.
On behalf of the Respondent, the following were present: (i) Shri Rajeev Kumar Shukla, Deputy Director General, (ii) Shri Ashish Kumar Chrangoo, Programme Executive, (iii) Shri S.R. Pandey, Consultant
Chief Information Commissioner : Shri Satyananda Mishra
2. We heard both the parties.
3. In his RTI application addressed to the CPIO of the Directorate General of All India Radio, the Appellant had raised a number of queries to find out why and how the commentary for cricket matches was being broadcast only through the FM 106.4 channel and not through other channels of the Prasar Bharti. The CIC/SM/A/2013/000388
CPIO had provided him with a list of stations through which the commentary for c