2015 (2) TMI 643

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.... Complainant through an RTI application dated 29-4-2013 sought following information : "(A)  Please provide the Agenda Points and the Minutes of the Meeting dated 20-12-2012 regarding implementation of IS9001. The meeting was fixed by Dr. Prajapati Trivedi, Secretary, Performance Management Decision Committee of Cabinet Secretariat. (B)     Please provide the List of the Members of the Panel/Committee as referred to in point (A) above and the order or OM by which Shri H.K. Sharan was appointed on the aforesaid Panel/Committee. (C)    Please provide copies of all the Notesheets from 1-1-2012 till date relating to the File in which the matter regarding implementation of IS9001 is dealt with." ....

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....etter dated 25-7-2013 sent another reply to the Appellant in partial modification of his earlier reply dated 20-5-2013. The relevant part of the CPIO's reply dated 25-7-2013 reads as under : ".........with respect to point 1 it is stated that a meeting of Secretary (PM) and Shri H.K Sharan took place on 20-12-2013 in the chamber of Secretary (PM) on the issue of ISO 9001 implementation and the potential role of Shri Sharan in it. There was no formal agenda for the meeting but various issues were discussed..........." 5. The Complainant thereafter filed the instant complaint before the Commission inter alia alleging that the CPIO has given "wrong and incorrect information" to him. 6. During the hearing, the Complainant sta....

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....Ministry of Finance, New Delhi; letter No. ITO/Mumbai Gen/2012/245, dated 12-6-2013 written by Shri H.K. Sharan to Dr. Prajapati Trivedi, Secretary Performance Management Division, Cabinet Secretariat, New Delhi; and letter No. Secy(PM)/Misc./2013, dated 21-6-2013 written by Dr. Prajapati Trivedi, Secretary Performance Management Division, Cabinet Secretariat, New Delhi to Shri H.K. Sharan. The relevant part of above letters reads as under : Letter No. ITO/Mumbai/Gen/2012/54, dated 26-12-2012 written by Shri H.K. Sharan to Ms. Rashmi Verma, Additional Secretary (Revenue), Ministry of Finance, New Delhi :    "As per the approved tour programme, I was supposed to come back to Mumbai on the 20th December. However, Dr. P....

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....ated 21-6-2013 written by Dr. Prajapati Trivedi, Secretary Performance Management Division, Cabinet Secretariat, New Delhi to Shri H K Sharan : "Dear Mr. Sharan, .........It is correct that we had a meeting in my chamber on 20th December, 2012 regarding ISO 9001 implementation and your potential role in it........... There was no formal agenda but various issues were discussed in this regard..............." 8. The Complainant thus on the basis of the above letter contends that there was no "formal" meeting which had taken place on 20-12-2012 between Shri H.K. Sharan and Dr. Prajapati Trivedi as stated by the CPIO in his modified reply dated 25-7-2013. It was admittedly a "courtesy call". Further, Shri Sharan had made a fals....