Central Information Commission
Mrkrishan Kumar Gupta Sic Lucknow vs Life Insurance Corporation Of India on 14 August, 2015
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Appeal No. CIC/MP/A/2014/002340
Appellant : Shri Krishan Kumar
Gupta, Ghaziabad
Public Authority : LIC of India, Meerut
Date of Hearing : 14th August, 2015
Date of Decision : 14th August, 2015
Present :
Appellant :
Present at CIC
Respondent : Shri
A.K. Asthana, Manager (Law) & alternate
CPIO and Shri A.K. Sharma, AO through
VC from Meerut
ORDER
1. Shri Krishan Kumar Gupta, the appellant, submitted a RTI application dated 6.11.2013 seeking information on action taken on the complaints sent by him along with the photocopy of the action taken report, the name, designation, address and mobile no. of the officers who enquired into the complaints; the name, designation, address and mobile no. of the departmental officer who committed the lapse in his case and the lapses in his promotion along with name, address, designation and mobile no. of the officers who were responsible for those lapses. He also added that he was sending some complaint letters along with applications numbering ten which were not enclosed to the Commission.
2. The CPIO vide his letter dated 5.12.2013 gave a response which covered the points taken in the 10 letters that the appellant had sent to them. The FAA who had been approached by the appellant because of his dissatisfaction over the CPIO's response, responded that the CPIO had given all the information sought by the appellant and that the correspondence made by the appellant indicates that the appellant is using the RTI forum to resolve his complaints and not seek information.
3. The appellant made a second appeal to the Commission requesting that the respondents may be directed to provide him the factual information on all the points and take action against the CPIO for providing incorrect information.
4. The matter was heard by the Commission. During the hearing, the appellant stated that he was not satisfied with the response given by the public authority. His case for changing the nomination of his mother in the name of his wife took 20 long years to settle. He had not been informed as to why he was not promoted and also what he had not been given a copy of the request letter dated 14.12.1996 according to which he had been transferred in 1996. These points were not mentioned in the RTI application and were perhaps part of the ten enclosures which the appellant missed sending to the Commission. The respondents stated that the appellant, an Assistant in the LIC, made his first appeal to the Chairman, LIC instead of making it to the Senior Divisional Manager, Meerut which was received by them on 17.12.2013 and duly replied to. He sent a letter dated 18.11.2014 followed by another letter dated 25.1.2015 stating that he was satisfied and wanted to withdraw his letter dated 18.11.2014. He again sent a letter stating that his grievance was not resolved, therefore, his earlier letter should be considered.
5. The Commission finds that the appellant, even in his RTI application, had just stated that he wanted to know the details of action taken on his written complaints, etc without giving any dates as to which complaints were to be referred to. During the hearing, however, he finally stated that he was transferred without his making any request and also no copy of his so called request dated 14.12.1996 was given to him. The Commission, therefore, directs the respondents to give a copy of his request dated 14.12.1996, duly attested, to him within a week of the receipt of the order of the Commission. The appellant appears to be nurturing a grievance relating to his transfer. He may do well to take it up at the appropriate forum. He is also advised to send complete documents along with RTI application in future. The appeal is disposed of.
(Manjula Prasher) Information Commissioner Authenticated true copy:
(T.K. Mohapatra) Dy Secretary & Dy Registrar Tele No. 01126105027 Copy to :
The Central Public Information Officer Life Insurance Corporation of India Divisional Office 69, Prabhat Nagar Meerut250001 The First Appellate Authority Life Insurance Corporation of India Divisional Office 69, Prabhat Nagar Meerut250001 Shri Krishan Kumar Gupta 94, Bagh Colony, Gali No. 02 Tibra Road, Modinagar Ghaziabad (UP)