RTI Fine: Ex-clerk fined Rs 25,000 for delay in information

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Ex-clerk fined Rs 25,000 for delay in information

Reported by timesofindia.indiatimes.com on August 21,2012
Ex-clerk fined Rs 25,000 for delay in information - The Times of India

Berhampur: The State Information Commission has imposed a penalty of Rs 25,000 on the former head clerk of District Inspector of Schools, Aska, for allegedly delaying providing information on a Right to Information (RTI) application.


Suryamani Behera is presently working as junior accountant in the Digapahandi panchayat samiti. The commission has directed him to deposit the penalty amount in one installment in government treasury within a month of receiving the order that was dispatched recently.


"If he fails to deposit the amount within one month, the Block Development Officer (BDO), Digapahandi, will take steps to recover the amount in 10 equal and consecutive monthly installments from his salary beginning October," the order read.


Sidharth Prasad Das of Berhampur, the complainant in his petition to the commission had alleged that he was not provided with the information required by him by the person concerned. He was seeking the information under the RTI application on November 15, 2009.


After hearing the explanation from the person, the commission observed the delay of more than 100 days in the process appears to be a clear negligence on the part of the former clerk, the information officer and imposed penalty for his negligence of duty.

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