2010 (10) TMI 432

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....ented by Shri Jeewanand, Sr. Accounts Officer and Shri O.S. Rathi, Sr. Accounts Officer - were present at the Commission's office at New Delhi. 2. Through her RTI-application dated 5-10-2009, appellant filed for disclosure of information relating to the interest payment on the GPF payout of her husband, Shri A.K. Pathak (GPF No. PAO/MRT/3269). Her plea is that her husband had been paid the interest on his Provident Fund till August 2009, whereas the payout of all the balance in his name has been affected later, i.e. on 30-9-2009. She demanded to know as to what law or rule would allow a public authority to calculate interest on the GPF till a particular date but effect the payment to the employee at a much later date. She has demand....

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....ceipt of this order. 3.       The CPIO is directed to examine the issue of interest on GPF final payment till the dare of issue of Cheque or Draft and do the needful if so required in the light of rules and give information to the appellant by speaking order within fifteen days of receipt of this order. 4.       The CPIO is directed to send compliance report to undersigned (AA) immediately." 6. On the direction of the AA, CPIO sent to the appellant another communication dated 4-5-2010, stating the following :- "With reference to above subject I have been directed by Controller of Accounts and appellate authority office of Pr.CCA, CBEC, New Delhi to provide proof of disp....

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.... has now contradicted the positions taken by the CPIO. Noting that CPIO has now intimated to her that the GPF payment authority was handed over on 4-9-2009 to Shri Anoop K. Saxena for dispatch to her husband, she has the following questions regarding the course of action adopted by the public authority :- 1.      She wants to know as to why when so many letters were sent by speed post/registered post even on 1-9-2009, her case was kept for four days with the public authority and handed over only on 4-9-2009 to Shri Anoop K. Saxena for dispatch to her husband? 2.      She wants to know as to where was her husband's copy of the payment authority? 3.      Accor....

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....ents that delayed issue of the PPO was a fact and that was entirely unintentional. It was due to the computer system which developed glitches. Not only the PPO of the appellant's husband, many other PPOs too, could not be issued during that period. They stated that it was true that interest was paid to appellant upto August, 2009. It was not paid for the month of September 2009 as the PPO was issued before the 15th day of September. As per rules, in case the PPO was issued before the 15th day of a month, interest for the month is not paid. Decision : 10. I could sense the helplessness, anger and dismay of the appellant because of the delay in the payment of her husband's terminal benefits, especially his GPF accumulations even th....