CENTRAL INFORMATION COMMISSION
Room No.-307, 2nd Floor, B-Wing, August Kranti Bhawan Bhikaji Cama Place, New Delhi-110066. Website : cic.gov.in
Telephone No.: +91-11-26105682
File No.CIC/RM/A/2013/000944
Appellant: Shri Philips C. Abraham, Alappuzha Public Authority: DCIT, Company Circle - 1(2) and CIT-I, Coimbatore
Date of Hearing: 13.12.2013 Date of decision: 16.12.2013
Heard today, dated 13.12.2013 through video conferencing.
Appellant is present.
Public Authority is represented by Shri DB Manival Raju, CIT-I, Coimbatore and Shri Sajjive, ACIT, Company Circle 1(2), Coimbatore.
FACTS
Vide RTI dt 21.1.13, appellant had sought information relating to TDS remittance by Shri Tirupathi Kumar Khemka during the period 2007-2012.
2. CPIO/ITO HQ-I, Coimbatore, vide letter dt 1.2.13, transferred it to DCIT, Company Circle-I(2), Coimbatore, who in turn transferred it to DCIT, Company Circle-IV(4), Chennai.
3. An appeal was filed on 15.4.13 with CIT-I Coimbatore.
4. AA vide order dt 15.5.13, observed that the RTI has been transferred to the concerned Assessing Officer i.e. DCIT, Company Circle-IV(4) for further necessary action. As the CPIO has not passed any order, u/s 7(1) of the RTI Act, the appeal is not maintainable.
5. Submissions made by the appellant and public a