Central Information CommissionMr.Rajeev Kumar vs Comptroller And Auditor General on 31 August, 2010dsUnzh; lwpuk vk;ksx
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                                                                    Dated: 31.8.2010Proceeding in Complaint No.  CIC/AT/C/2010/000342
                                                                 



             Present: Shri A.N. Tiwari
             Present:                 , Central Information Commissioner



Complainant:          Shri Rajeev Kumar

Respondents:          Principal Dir. of Commercial Audit & Ex Officio Member
                      Audit­I


       Shri Rajeev Kumar of Noida has filed this complaint dated nil before the
Commission against Office of the Principal Director of Commercial Audit & Ex-
Officio Member Audit-I, New Delhi for deemed refusal of his RTI-request dated
24.9.2009.2.     In order to avoid multiple proceedings undersections 19and18of the RTI
Act, viz., appeals and complaints, the matter is remitted to CPIO, Office of the
Principal Director of Commercial Audit & Ex-Officio Member Audit-I, A-Wing 3rd
Floor Inderprastha Bhawan, Inderprastha Estate, New Delhi-110002 (enclosing
therewith a copy of complaint and RTI-request), with the following directions :i)      In case no reply has been given by CPIO to the complainant to his RTI-request dated 24.9.2009, CPIO should furnish a reply to the complainant
           within two week of receipt of this order.ii)     In case CPIO has already given a reply to the complainant in the matter, he
           should furnish a copy of his reply to the complainant within one week of
           receipt of this order.iii)    CPIO should invariably indicate to the complainant the name and address
           of the 1st Appellate Authority, before whom the complainant can file first-
           appeal, if any.iv)     A copy of CPIO's reply should also be endorsed to the Commission.3.     In case the complainant is not satisfied with the reply received from CPIO, he,
under section 19(1) of the RTI Act, may within the time prescribed, file his first-
appeal before the AA.4.    On receipt of the first appeal from the petitioner as per the above directions,
AA should dispose of the appeal within the period stipulated in theRTI Act.5.      In case complainant still feels aggrieved by the decision of AA, he shall be
free to approach the Commission in second appeal undersection 19(3), along with
complaintu/s 18, if any, within the prescribed time limit.6.   The matter is closed with the above directions.Sd/­
                                                                       (A.N. Tiwari)
                                                         Information Commissioner