TaxTMI 
TaxTMI 
2013 (8) TMI 526
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....ment dated 26-8-2008. 2. The first respondent filed an appeal before the Joint Director of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption, Chennai, the appellate authority. The appeal was rejected by order dated 28-6-2011. The appellate authority also noted that though Writ Appeal Nos. 320 and 321 of 2010 were filed by the DVAC and a direction was issued by this Court to furnish the information regarding the number of police officials who were caught during the raid by DVAC together with the list of names, the designation and the address of officials, number of investigations completed and convictions arrived at between the years 2003-04 and 2007-08 etc. in corruption matters to the applicants therein, the DVAC decided to question the same before the Apex Court and a proposal was sent to the Government on 20-5-2011. 3. The first respondent herein took up the matter before the Tamil Nadu Information Commission, the second respondent against the order of the appellate authority by way of second appeal. The Tamil Nadu Information Commission, by the impugned order dated 28-11-2011, allowed the second appeal and directed the writ petitioner to furnish a copy of the manual on payment of....
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....in this Act shall apply to the intelligence and security organizations specified in the Second Schedule, being organizations established by the Central Government or any information furnished by such organizations to that Government : Provided that the information pertaining to the allegations of corruption and human rights violations shall not be excluded under this sub-section : Provided further that in the case of information sought for is in respect of allegations of violation of human rights, the information shall only be provided after the approval of the Central Information Commission, and notwithstanding anything contained in Section 7, such information shall be provided within forty-five days from the date of the receipt of request. (2) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, amend the Schedule by including therein any other intelligence or security organization established by that Government or omitting therefrom any organization already specified therein and on the publication of such notification, such organization shall be deemed to be included in or, as the case may be, omitted from the Schedule. (3) Every notificatio....
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....AC together with the list of names, the designation and the address of officials, who were caught during raids along with the amount recovered from each officials as well as the details of departmental action taken against each officials, the details of prosecution launched against the officials under the Prevention of Corruption Act and the status of such prosecution against each officials and whether the persons whose names are furnished were reinstated in service and if so, the date on which they had rejoined service as well as the details of list of action taken by the department to prevent corruption at Police Station/Branches/Wings in Chennai City. 5. The letter which was originally sent to the State Government was forwarded to the Director of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption. On such redirection, the appellate authority further directed the petitioner organization to examine the scope of giving such information in accordance with law. It was, thereafter, the petitioner organization by an order dated 2-2-2009 informed the first respondent that they are exempted from the purview of the RTI Act. When the first respondent made a complaint to the second respondent Informatio....
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....ating to the number of investigations completed and the number of persons convicted for the years from 2003-2004 to 2007-2008 with the details as to the names of such convicted persons, the post held by them when the act of corruption was done, the charges framed and the recommendations given to the Vigilance Commissioner after investigation. Likewise the first respondent in W.A. No. 320 of 2010 has sought for the particulars relating to the number of police stations/wings/branches within the Chennai city were raided by the DVAC officials during the last five years i.e., from January, 2003, how many police officials were caught during the raids, the list of names, the designation and the address of such officials who were caught and the amount recovered from each official, details of departmental actions taken against such official including the copy of enquiry report, the details of prosecution launched against such officials, the status of prosecution against each official, how many have been re-inducted into active service including the date of rejoining the service and their present place/station of service, the details of action taken by the Department to prevent corruption at....