2010 (3) TMI 947

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....RDER This matter came up for hearing on 18-3-2010 pursuant to Commission's notice dated 4-2-2010. Appellant was present in person, while the respondents were represented by Shri Dev Kant, Registrar. 2. Appellant's RTI-application dated 11-8-2009 was answered by the holder-of-information, Shri Kulvinder Singh, Assistant Registrar on 2-9-2009. The first-appeal was decided by Appellate Authorit....

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....ly wrong in declining to disclose this information. It is inconceivable why should an applicant be required to state the public interest for receiving information which was so obvious as the orders of a legally constituted authority. Such decisions are by their very nature in the public domain and ought to be ordinarily accessible to any applicant. The CPIO and the Appellate Authority had been gro....

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....an be no reason why an information about hearings of cases - their dates, reserving orders for pronouncement, and pronouncement of the orders after these were reserved - should be declined to a citizen. It was, in fact, expected of the public authority that such essential information about its functioning should be centrally tabulated and kept available for anyone seeking inspection. Decision :....

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....e provide inspection of Cause List of ATFE and after Court Cause List of ATFE. 12. Appellant stated that these cause-lists could be provided for the same period for which orders of the ATFE were to be made available to him under Sl. A of his RTI-application. Decision : 13. CPIO is directed to make available this information to the appellant for the period as mentioned by him at Sl. No. A ....