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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
MOHAMMED NIAS C.P.
State Public Information Officer And Under Secretary – Appellant
Versus
Kerala State Information Commission, Represented By Its Secretary – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
MOHAMMED NIAS C.P., J.
“In fact, paradoxically, government is more open when it is less open”
Sir Humphrey Appleby in 'Yes Minister'
1. The State Public Information Officer of the Kerala Public Service Commission and the Appellate Authority constituted under the Right to Information Act, 2005 (hereinafter RTI Act), and the Kerala Public Service Commission (KPSC) are the petitioners in the writ petition, filed against the order passed by the Kerala State Information Commission.
2. The 2nd respondent, who worked as Joint Secretary under KPSC, sought Ext.P1 RTI application seeking copies of the extract of the orders in File No.SS I (1) 162/14/GW, which relates to disciplinary proceedings initiated against her, alleging grave irregularities in handling cash, and that the physical balance of the cash did not tally with the book balance and a shortage of Rs.25341/- as found out by the Internal Audit Wing. Following this, the second respondent was suspended pending enquiry, and a memo of charges was issued. In the enquiry, it was found that the 2nd respondent made false entries in the cash transactions, and a punishment of barring increment was imposed on her apart from the recovery
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