RTI
Act 2005 – Furnishing Wrong Information – RTI provides for imposition of
penalty and recommendation of disciplinary action
There are a number of cases
where an applicant has filed first appeal with the First Appellate Authority in
the Public Authority concerned and second appeal/complaint with the Central
Information Commission/State Information , as the case may be, inter-alia, due
to the following reasons:
(i) Non-receipt of
information within prescribed time;
(ii) Denial of request of
information;
(iii) If he/she believes
that incomplete/misleading or false information under this Act has been given
by the Public Information Officer.
The number of second appeals/complaints
registered by the Central Information Commission during three years is as
under:
|
2009-10
|
2010-11
|
2011-12
|
|
22800
|
28875
|
33922
|
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.
This was stated by Shri V.
Narayanasamy, Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances
and Pension and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office in written
reply to a question by Shri Bharat Ram Meghwal today.
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