CIC imposed penalty of Rs. 25000/- on Mr. Dilip Ramnani, PIO & Superintending Engineer-I, Municipal Corporation, New Delhi

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he Orders of CIC are as below:

As per the provisions of Section 20 (1) of the RTI Act 2005, the Commission finds this a fit case for levying penalty on Mr. Dilip Ramnani, Public Information Officer & Superintending Engineer – I. Since the delay in providing the complete information has been over 100 days, the Commission is passing an order penalizing Mr. Dilip Ramnani of `25000/ which is the maximum penalty under the Act.

The Commissioner, Municipal Corporation of Delhi is directed to recover the amount of `25000/- from the salary of Mr. Dilip Ramnani and remit the same by a demand draft or a Banker’s Cheque in the name of the Pay & Accounts Officer, CAT, payable at New Delhi and send the same to Shri Pankaj K.P. Shreyaskar, Joint Registrar and Deputy Secretary of the Central Information Commission, 2<sup>nd</sup> Floor, August Kranti Bhawan, New Delhi – 110066. The amount may be deducted at the rate of `5000/ per month every month from the salary of Mr. Dilip Ramnani and remitted by the 10^th of every month starting from June 2012. The total amount of `25000 /- will be remitted by 10^th of October, 2012.