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FACTS The Appellant vide his RTI application sought information pertaining to 59 importers and desired the Registration Certificate Numbers issued to them for import of cosmetics in India as per the Central Drug Standard Control Organization Notification dated 19.05.2000, Registration date and Expiry date and the Cosmetic Brand, Variant, items, etc for which the Registration Number was issued, etc.

The CPIO, vide its letter dated 03.07.2017 provided the details of 15 importers out of the 59 importers to whom the Registration Certificate had been granted. Dissatisfied by the response, the Appellant approached the FAA. The FAA, vide its order dated 01.08.2017, stated that the information sought was exempted from disclosure as per Section 8 (1) (d) and (e) of the RTI Act, 2005.

HEARING:

Facts emerging during the hearing:

The following were present:

Appellant: Absent;

Respondent: Mr. Jayant Kumar, CPIO & DDC (I), Mr. Vijay Chandankar, ADC (I), Mr. S. P. N. Singh, DI and Mr. Abhishek Chawardol, DI;

The Appellant remained absent during the hearing. Mr. Siddharth, Network Engineer NIC studio at Belapur confirmed the absence of the Appellant. The Respondent re-iterated the reply of the C