ORDER

FACTS

The Complainant vide his RTI application sought information on 5 points:

The CPIO vide letter dated 14.10.2020, furnished a reply to the Complainant. Dissatisfied with the reply received from the PIO, the Complainant filed a First Appeal. The order of the FAA, if any, is not on the record of the Commission.

Thereafter, the Complainant filed a Complaint before the Commission,

HEARING:

Facts emerging during the hearing:

The following were present:

Complainant: Mr. Rajesh K Singla, participated through AC,

Respondent: Mr. Sunil Khosla, Baba Balraj Constituent College, Punjab University, participated through AC.

The Complainant while reiterating the contents of the RTI Applications stated that he had sought information regarding the appointment of guest faculty. He further stated that the reply which had been furnished is not in accordance with the information sought in the RTI application. He alleged that the issue in this case pertains to corruption w.r.t. backdoor appointments of faculties in colleges affiliated to Punjab University. He said the Hon’ble High Court of Punjab and Haryana, had in a judgement, ruled that the selection of faculties should be done through a transparent