Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office. (DR. JITENDRA SINGH)
(a): There are a number of cases where an applicant has filed first appeal with the First Appellate Authority in the concerned Public Authority and second appeal/complaint with the Central Information Commission/State Information Commission, as the case may be, inter-alia, due to the following reasons:
(i) Non-receipt of information within prescribed time;
(ii) Denial of request for information;
(iii) If he/she believes that incomplete/ misleading or false information under this Act has been given by the Public Information Officer.
(b): The number of second appeals/complaints registered by the Central Information Commission during three years is as under:
2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 28875 33922 28801
However, there is no separate data in respect of complaints received regarding incorrect/ incomplete and misleading information provided to the applicants by Public Information Officer.
(c) & (d): The Right to Information Act, 2005 already provides for imposition of penalty and recommendation of disciplinary action by the Central Information Commission/State Information Commission, as the case may be, against the Public Information Officer who has knowingly given incorrect, incomplete or misleading information under the RTI Act. The CIC/SICs have been imposing such penalties and also recommending disciplinary action against such Public Information Officers.
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