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1. The Appellant filed an RTI application dated 06.12.2022 seeking information on the following points:

(i) Your Staff Ranjeet Kumar has attended the interview on 16.07.2022 of Assistant Professor (Management) Advt. no-78\2014 So you are requested to inform us whether he has taken any prior permission or NOC for this exam/interview or not?

6. The appellant inter alia submitted that the information has been wrongly denied to her. She claimed that BPSC has already disclosed similar information to her.

7. The respondent while defending their case inter alia denied the appellant's request for information on the grounds that the details sought pertain to a third party, specifically concerning Mr. Ranjeet Kumar's NOC for attending an interview. Under the RTI Act, 2005, information that relates to a third party and involves personal details is protected under Section 8(1)(j), which exempts disclosure if it would cause an unwarranted invasion of privacy unless a larger public interest is demonstrated. The Respondent maintained that revealing such information would violate Mr. Ranjeet Kumar's privacy rights, and there was no compelling public interest presented by the appellant to justify such disclosure.

8. The Commission after adverting to the facts and circumstances of the case, hearing both parties and perusal of records, observes that the appellant had sought information about whether Mr. Ranjeet Kumar, an employee of Canara Bank, had obtained prior permission or a No Objection Certificate (NOC) for attending an interview for the position of Assistant Professor (Management), as advertised by BPSC. The PIO, in his response, denied the information, citing it as third-party information. The Commission notes that the information sought pertains to a third party (Mr. Ranjeet Kumar) and involves personal details such as obtaining a NOC for attending an interview. The appellant has not demonstrated how the disclosure of this third-party information would serve a larger public interest that outweighs the invasion of privacy.