Manipur official fined Rs 25000

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Manipur official fined Rs 25000
as reported by OWN CORRESPONDENT, The Telegraph

Imphal, Aug. 22: Manipur information commissioner R.K. Angousana Singh
has imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on deputy commissioner of Tamenglong
district, Devesh Deval, for failing to furnish information to two
applicants.

In an order issued today, the information commissioner asked Deval to
deposit the amount with the commission office within 15 days. The
deputy commissioner is one of state public information officers.

Angousana also directed the official to provide the information sought
by the applicants within one week from today. He warned that if the
official again failed to providing the information, the commission
would recommend disciplinary action.

The order said if the official failed to provide the information, it
would be presumed that the official was obstructing the process of
furnishing information and appropriate penalty, including
recommendation of disciplinary action under Section 20(2) of the RTI
Act, 2005 may be contemplated against him.

The order was passed after Deval failed to provide information sought
by N.K. Hubibou and David Kamei, the two residents of Eden Hill of
Tamenglong district headquarters. They filed the application to the
state public information office on November 4 last year wanting to
know the names of centrally sponsored schemes being implemented under
the DRDA, money received by the district under Swarna Gramin Suraksha
Yojana and the beneficiaries.

The applicants also sought information about the amount of money
received under Indira Awaz Yojana and the number of beneficiaries
selected. They also wanted know about the total amount of money
allocated to the district under the national rural employment
guarantee scheme in the past three years and the names of villages who
have success stories to tell.

The commissioner directed the deputy commissioner to provide the
information on July 26 this year.

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