2013 (1) TMI 1043

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.... The appellant stated that he has not been provided the complete information requested in his RTI application dated 08/02/2010. The CPIO contended that information, as per record, has been furnished vide various letters mentioned by the appellant himself in his RTI appeal dated 21/01/2011 to the Commission and he has also been allowed to inspect the records on various occasions and provided alm....

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....d entailing huge cost to the exchequer. He pointed out that even in the present RTI application the appellant has sought huge information running into 64 paras. The CPIO added that the appellant is also contesting the action of the department for alleged non compliance with the rules and in the garb of seeking information is trying to pressurise the public authority to settle his grievance. Dec....

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....ion & Anr vs. Aditya Bandhopadhyay & Ors) the relevant portion of para 37 is extracted below: "Indiscriminate and impractical demands or directions under RTI Act for disclosure of all and sundry information (unrelated to transparency and accountability in the functioning of public authorities and eradication of corruption) would be counter-productive as it will adversely affect the effici....