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FACTS The Complainant vide his RTI application sought information on points, as under:- 1. I have made a complaint Dated 04th February 2022 to the LG office and the same was forwarded to your office by the LG office on dated 07th March 2022. Please tell me the current status of my complaint.

2. tell me the reason why no reply given to me on my complaint till date.

3. tell me the reason of delay to take action on my complaint till date.

4. tell me what action is taken on my complaint till date by your department.

5. provide me only designations of the officer/ clerks who are kept/ working on my complaint from the day it received in your office to till date and also provide me the no. of days officer/ clerk kept my complaint till date and the progress they made on my complaint with all diary entry details with documents attached.

6. provide an action taken report with all documents on my complaint from the date of received from LG office to till date.

7. Is my complaint is put up before the head of your department if yes please provide me a copy of the document with the officers remarks on my complaint and also provide me designation of the officer.

8. please tell me the procedure followed by your department to deal with any complaint made by general public if any.

9. is there any rule which states that the reply of complaint made by any complainant will not be given by your office or no written communication will be made with the complainant if yes please provide the details.

10. is there any deadline or time limit to dispose off a complaint followed by your department. if yes provide all details. if not tell me how many years it will more needed by your department to take action on my complaint.

11. if your department has taken any action against any officer/official on my complaint please provide me details of the same if not tell me the reason why no action taken till date it may be mentioned in my complaint with remarks.

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

09.02.2023furnished a reply to the Complainant.

Thereafter, the Complainant filed a Complaint before the Commission.

HEARING:

Facts emerging during the hearing:

The following were present:

Complainant: Absent Respondent: Mr. Sanjeev Kumar, Kgo and Mr. Ajaipal Singh Malik, T.A, attended the hearing The Complainant remained absent during the hearing.

The Respondent while reiterating the contents of the RTI Application stated that the Complainant had sought information regarding action taken report on his compliant dated 04.02.2022 etc. The Respondent from SDM, Najafgarh office, said that an updated reply has been furnished on 22.08.2023. He said that the Revenue Department undertook demarcation work and the same was already completed on 07.07.2023. Hence, no further information remained to be provided to the Complainant, he said.

The Commission was in receipt of a written submissions by the Respondents dated 18.08.2023 and 22.08.2023 which is taken on record.

The Complainant was not present to contest the submissions of the Respondent.

DECISION:

The Commission after adverting to the facts and circumstances of the case, submission made by the Respondent and perusal of records, observes that the instant matter is a Complaint filed u/s 18 of the RTI Act, 2005 where the Commission is only required to ascertain if the information has been denied with a malafide intent or due to any unreasonable cause which the Commission is unable to conclude herein. Hence, no further intervention is required in the instant matter. For redressal of his grievance, the Complainant is advised to approach an appropriate forum.

The Respondent is, however, cautioned to exercise due care in future to ensure that correct and complete information is furnished in the stipulated time frame to the RTI applicant(s) as per provisions of the Act failing which penal proceedings under Se