Central Information Commission
Kunal vs Food Corporation Of India on 26 December, 2022
CIC/FCIND/A/2021/646861
के ीय सूचना आयोग
Central Information Commission
बाबा गंगनाथ माग,मुिनरका
Baba Gangnath Marg, Munirka
नई द ली, New Delhi - 110067
ि तीय अपील सं या/ Second Appeal No. CIC/FCIND/A/2021/646861
In the matter of:
Kunal ... अपीलकता/Appellant
VERSUS
बनाम
CPIO, ... ितवादीगण /Respondent
Food Corporation of India,
Regional Office, Amaravati,
5th Floor, Raja Narendra Building,
Yanamalakuduru Road,
Krishna Nagar, Vijayawada,
A.P - 520007
Relevant dates emerging from the appeal:
RTI Application filed on : 15.07.2021
CPIO replied on : 04.08.2021
First Appeal filed on : 04.08.2021
First Appellate Authority order : 03.09.2021
Second Appeal received on : 04.10.2021
Date of Hearing : 22.12.2022
The following were present:
Appellant: Absent (despite being served the hearing notice)
Respondent: Shri Aadrash Borsaikia, Assistant General Manager
(Personnel)/ CPIO, Food Corporation of India, participated in the hearing
through video conferencing from NIC Krishna
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CIC/FCIND/A/2021/646861
ORDER
Information sought:
The Appellant filed an online RTI Application dated 15.07.2021 seeking information on the following two points:
"kind attention of R.O, Amaravathi and Ro Hyderabad
1. How many employees working in Regional Office Andhra Pradesh and Regional Office Hyderabad had been granted Special Casual Leave for the lockdown period 2020 & 2021.
2. Details of those employees along with their leave applications and joining reports may please be furnished as on 01.07.2021."
Shri Aadrash Borsaikia, Assistant General Manager (Personnel)/ CPIO, Food Corporation of India, Vijayawada vide letter dated 04.08.2021, informed to the Appellant as under:
Being dissatisfied, the Appellant filed a First Appeal dated 04.08.2021. The First Appellate Authority vide order dated 03.09.2021, informed as under:Page 2 of 6
CIC/FCIND/A/2021/646861 Page 3 of 6 CIC/FCIND/A/2021/646861 Grounds for Second Appeal:
The Appellant filed a Second Appeal u/s 19 of the Act on the ground of unsatisfactory reply furnished by the Respondent. Appellant requested the Commission to direct the CPIO to provide complete information sought for.
Submissions made by Appellant and Respondent during Hearing: The Appellant did not participate in the hearing despite being served the hearing notice and the same has been confirmed by Shri Sanjeev Wadyar, Network Engineer, from NIC Gadag.
The Respondent submitted that sufficient reply qua the instant RTI Application has been given to the Appellant vide letter dated 04.08.2021 and 03.09.2021.
A written submission has been received by the Commission from Shri. Adarsh Borsaikia, CPIO, Food Corporation of India, vide letter dated 15.12.2022, wherein the Commission has been Apprised as under:
Page 4 of 6CIC/FCIND/A/2021/646861 Decision:
Upon perusal of the facts on record as well as on the basis of the proceedings during the hearing, the Commission observes that adequate reply qua the instant RTI Application has been given by the Respondent vide letter dated 04.08.2021 and 03.09.2021 and the Commission upholds the same.
Moreover, the Appellant did not participate in the hearing to buttress his case, hence, the Commission finds no further scope of intervention in the instant matter.
With the above observations, the instant Second Appeal is disposed of. Copy of the decision be provided free of cost to the parties.
The Appeal, hereby, stands disposed of.
Amita Pandove (अिमतापांडव) Information Commissioner (सूचना आयु ) दनांक / Date: 26.12.2022 Authenticated true copy Page 5 of 6 CIC/FCIND/A/2021/646861 (अिभ मािणत स यािपत ित) B. S. Kasana (बी. एस. कसाना) Dy. Registrar (उप-पंजीयक) 011-26105027 Addresses of the parties:
1. The First Appellate Authority (FAA) Food Corporation of India, Regional Office, Amaravati, Raja Narendra Building, Yanamalakuduru Road, Krishna Nagar, Vijayawada, A.P - 520007
2. The Central Public Information Officer Food Corporation of India, Regional Office, Amaravati, 5th Floor, Raja Narendra Building, Yanamalakuduru Road, Krishna Nagar, Vijayawada, A.P - 520007
3. Dr. Kunal Page 6 of 6