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1. The Appellant filed an RTI application dated 07.10.2023 (online) seeking the following information:
"Kindly provide me copy of the General Power of Attorney dated

02.02.1996 registered in the name of Kiran Jain W/o Ch. P. Kumar vide Registration No. 4817, Book No. 4, Volume No. 3830, on Pages 19-23 in respect of Flat No. 725, Veer Apartments, Sector-13, Rohini, Delhi- 110085.

kindly also provide the identity certificate issued by DV Gupta, Deputy Secretary identifying Kiran Jain W/o Ch. P. Kumar provided by Kiran Jain at the time of registration of said General Power of Attorney. The said General Power of Attorney is registered with Sub-Registrar-I, Delhi situated in Kashmere Gate, Delhi.

4. The Appellant stated that the Respondent has not provided the relevant information as sought in the instant RTI Application.

5. Ms. Kalpana Ghosh, PIO-cum-Sub Registrar (Rohini), submitted that the custodian of the relevant information as sought in the RTI Application is Kashmere Gate.

6. Shri Gudakesh Kumar, APIO-cum-Link Officer (Sub-Registrar- I/ Kashmere Gate), submitted that the Appellant is not the owner of the averred property and therefore the information cannot be given being exempted from disclosure under Section 8 (1) (j) of the RTI Act. He added that for acquiring any information/documents in respect of the property, there is provision in the Registration Act, 1908 i.e. Inspection of the Documents and for obtaining Copy of the Document, party may obtain the desired information after paying requisite fee Rs.100/- for Inspection of one Year & for obtaining copy of the document Rs.10/- per page with Rs 10/- stamp paper is to be paid after due procedure/request. In specific cases presentation before Sub-Registrar may be required for obtaining copy of the documents. He further apprised the bench of the fact that GPA is a document of Book-IV and cannot be given as per Registration Act, 1908.

2. The RTI applicant has requested for a copy of General Power of Attorney dated 02.02.1996 registered in the name of Kiran Jain w/o Ch.P. Kumar vide registration No.4817, Book No.4, Volume No.3830, on pages 19-23 in r/o Flat No.725, Veer Apartments, Sec-13, Rohini, Delhi. Further, it is also mentioned that the said GPA was registered with Sub-Registrar-1, Delhi situated in Kashmere Gate.
3. It is pertinent to mention here that though the property presently falls under the jurisdiction of SR VI-C Rohini, this ofice was not in existance in the year 1996 during the period in which the above mentioned GPA was registered. This office came into existence in Sep.,2005 and therefore the record of the requisite GPA is not available in this office. And as evident from the RTI application the GPA was registered with SR-1, Kashmere Gate, Delhi.
4. On receiving the CIC order No.CIC/REVDP/A/2024/603695 dated 08.05.2025 from CIC, the RTI portal was immediately checked and the RTI was transferred online to SR-1 Kashmere Gate (copy enclosed- Annexure I). A mail was also sent to SR-I Kashmere Gate with regard to same (copy enclosed- Annexure-II).
5. Further, an O.M. dated 16.05.2025 was hand delivered to SR-I Kashmere Gate to provide the requisite information/documents to the RTI applicant and also to attend the Hearing for appeal/complaint at CIC. (copy enclosed- Annexure III).