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DELHI HIGH COURT
PRATHIBA M.SINGH
Jyoti Trivedi – Appellant
Versus
Central Information Commission – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Prathiba M. Singh, J. (Oral)
1. This hearing has been done through hybrid mode.
2. The petition challenges the impugned order dated 8th November, 2018 by which the Central information Commission (CIC) had directed disclosure of the information to the Right to Information (RTI) applicant and had also imposed a penalty of Rs.15,000/- on the Petitioner who was officiating as a Central Public Information Officer (CPIO).
3. The impugned order was a second appeal under Section 19(3) of the Right to Information Act, 2005 before the CIC challenging the disposal of the appeal by the First Appellate Authority (FAA). In the first appeal, vide order dated 11th January, 2017, the FAA had disposed of the appeal with the following decision:
"Decision
4. I have gone through the relevant records and find that at the time of giving a reply to the Appellant, the complaint portal was not functioning, and this position was intimated to the Appellant and an interim reply was given to him by the CPIO concerned, vide his letter No. CVC/RTI/16/954-329969 dated 21.11.2016. I direct the CPIO concerned, that is, Shri Sanjay Agarwal, Director, to confirm the position and provide an appropriate p
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