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2. Appellant through his RTI application sought for present status of his application for caste certificate submitted on 20.12.2007. Having received no reply from the CPIO within prescribed time limit, appellant made first appeal. First Appellate Authority directed PIO/SDM (HQ) to provide information within 15 days. On noncompliance of FAA order appellant approached the Commission.
Proceedings Before the Commission:
3. The appellant is not present during the hearing and his complaint referred in the RTI application pertains to Parliamentarian Mr. Ram Charita. The Counsel represented Mr. Ram Charita appeared before the Commission and submitted that Mr. Ram Charita is an MP in UP, born in Delhi. He did his graduation from UP. He belongs to Mallah caste which come under category of Schedule Caste in Delhi and OBC in UP. During 2014 election there was a complaint against his caste certificate and it is under inquiry by scrutiny committee. There was also a Writ petition filed in Delhi High Court which is pending and will be coming up for hearing on 15.09.2015, for filing of scrutiny committee report. There are several litigations but all are dismissed, except writ petitions before Delhi High Court and Allahabad High Court. The officer says that in 2007 papers in support of this caste certificate were filed before the then Tehsildar Seelampur Sub Division, but they had lost it and they had concluded that the file is not traceable. And they also filed a report in the Police with regard to same.