PIO Passport Office rejects RTI by equivocate response

First Appeal – PIO rejects RTI 

by Equivocate Reply to RTI 

Passport Office

To                                                                    Dated 01/12/2016

First Appellate Authority,

Joint Secretary (PSP) & Chief Passport Officer,

Ministry of External Affairs,

Patiala House, New Delhi-110001

Sub:-   First Appeal u/s 19(1) of RTI Act 2005

With reference to    Ref.No.420/RTIA/RPO/13, Dated 31.11.2016

Respected Sir,

A.    That providing equivocate answers in against the spirit of RTI Act’2005. That providing equivocate response means providing no response or denying RTI.

B.    That I requested within RTI concerned to "Please do not club the information to the points even if the information is repeated" but this request has also been ignored & I have been provided with an equivocate response by the Hon'ble PIO which is against the basic spirit of RTI Act'2005.

C.    That since a person holding two government identity cards with two different names is a criminal offence & the same had been disclosed to the PIO via proofs annexed within the concerned RTI request hence it was in public interest but still the PIO withheld such information the disclosure of which is clearly within larger public interest but PIO did not paid attention to all those & outrightly rejected the entire RTI with an equivocate response which possibly hints connivance/ favors or something else known best to the concerned PIO only.

D.    That this also presents clearly before this Hon’ble FAA the half-heartedly nature of the PIO in handling the RTI’s. The PIO provided equivocate answers & did not bothered to forward part of queries (if any) which related to any other PIO u/s 6(3) of the RTI Act’2005.

PRAYER:-

(1)   The PIO be directed to immediately release this information which he has denied in the light of above facts & circumstances.

(2)   The further information shall be provided free of cost i.e., the applicant/ undersigned be exempted in view of section 7(6) of RTI Act 2005 from payment of any further fee payable by me for supplying of requested information on account of default on the part of PIO to supply information within prescribed time.

(3)   Action & Penalty against erring PIO as per section 20 of RTI Rules’2005

Other reliefs & orders as this Hon’ble FAA deems fit in the light of above facts & circumstances.

 (ATUR CHATUR)

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