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FACTS The Appellant vide his RTI application sought information on 04 points, as under:-

1. What is the official email ID of Director, IGNCA.

2. What is the time required to reply the email received on directoradmn.ignca@gmail.com.

3. Kindly provide me a copy of the contact, copyright, etc under which the IGNCA refused to provide me a copy of the above mentioned documentary.

HEARING:

Facts emerging during the hearing:

The following were present:

Appellant: Shri Rahul Kumar Singh present through AC, Respondent: Sunil Goyal, Under Secretary, present through AC.

The Appellant while reiterating the contents of the RTI Applications stated that he had sought information regarding copy in disc format of the IGNCAs documentation of RAMLEELA of RAMNAGAR in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, which was telecast on the Doordarshan National Channel from 27th September to 27th October 2015 in 31 episodes. The Appellant stated that no correct reply has been furnished by the Respondent. Moreover the documentation of RAMLEELA had already been telecast on television and so it is not a private document. The Respondent submitted that vide letter dated 05.12.2019 they had furnished a reply to the Appellant as per the provisions of RTI Act. The Respondent further submitted that they have a memorandum of understanding with Kashi Naresh who holds the copyright of the information sought and therefore they are barred from disclosing the information under section 9 of the RTI Act 2005. The Appellant countered the claim of the Respondent and stated that the said memorandum does not exist in physical form but the Respondent public authority was using it as a verbal tool for denying legitimate information. The Appellant requested the Commission to direct the public authority to furnish satisfactory information.