Dr. S.M. Kantikar, Presiding Member—The Complainant, Kali Ram, was a Clerk at Check Post Sikanderpur, Gurgaon under the office of Deputy Excise & Taxation Commissioner, Gurgaon. During his service in the year 1989-90, his Deputy Commissioner recorded some adverse remarks in his Annual Confidential Report (ACR). The complainant made representation against it but it was unheard. Therefore, he sought information from the Public Information Officer (PIO) of the respondent by an application filed under RTI Act, 2005 but the PIO did not furnish the required information within 30 days and supplied incomplete information after lapse of 28 days thereafter. Therefore, alleging deficiency in service on the part of PIO of opposite party, the complainant filed a complaint before the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, Gurgaon (in short, ‘District Forum’) seeking compensation of Rs.2,00,000/- and sought directions for complete information. The opposite party appeared before the District Forum and stressed upon their point of non-maintainability of such complaint. The District Forum allowed the complaint and held liable the opposite party for deficiency in service and ordered compens