के (cid:3)ीय सूचना आयोग Central Information Commission बाबा गंगनाथ माग(cid:18), मुिनरका

Baba Gangnath Marg, Munirka नई िद(cid:24)ी, New Delhi – 110067 File No: CIC/TDDEL/A/2024/103570 Ashok Kumar Ghosh .….अपीलकता(cid:18)/Appellant VERSUS बनाम PIO, Transport Department, Enforcement Branch, 5/9, Under Hill Road, Delhi – 110054 ….(cid:29)ितवादीगण /Respondent Date of Hearing : 27.06.2025 Date of Decision : 30.06.2025 INFORMATION COMMISSIONER : Vinod Kumar Tiwari Relevant facts emerging from appeal:

RTI application filed on : 08.11.2023 CPIO replied on : 29.11.2023 First appeal filed on : 13.12.2023 First Appellate Authority’s order : 23.01.2024 2nd Appeal/Complaint dated : 02.02.2024 Information sought:

1. The Appellant filed an RTI application dated 08.11.2023 (offline) seeking the following information:

“On 20-04-2023, a group of Personnel in white attire, exactly like traffic Police, later it was given to understand that they were from the Transport department of Government of NCR of and Delhi (Enforce Branch), arrived an towing/ Lifting the applicant's over aged but well maintained and in perfect Condition, white small car/vehicle, model - UNO FIAT, registration No. DL. 3CJ 5355, parked outside the gate of the house; which the applicant presented to his wife for her use, on her awarding a Ph.D degree by the Indian statistical Institute (959), (959), Calcutta (West Bengal), there was no notice was issued by the transport department but by using their muscle power.

As the action on part of a transport department officials was not appreciate, the applicant cant had addressed a few letters to the transport department, Commissioner of transport department and the commissioner of police, however, barring an acknowledgement from the Hon'ble Transport Minister Shri kalash Gehlot, none sent any reply. The Copy of hon’ble minister's Letter is enclosed for perusal. In this regard, the applicant is furnishing details of the Letters endorsed to the different authorities to bring the fact to their notices:

Regarding lifting/towing over aged car

1. Letter dated 03-06-2023, addressed to Shri Vinod Dabas, Enforcement officer, Government of National Capital Region of Delhi, Transport Department (Enforcement branch), 5/9 under Hill Road, Delhi 110054.

A Copy was forwarded to Shri Sanjay Arora, Commissioner of police, office of Police commissioner, Police Head Quarter, Jaising Road, New Delhi-110001.

2. Letter dated 23-09-2013, addressed. to the Commissioner, Transport Trans Department of Government of NCR of Delhi (Enforcement Branch), 5/9, under Hill Road, Civil Lines. Delhi-110054

3. Letter dated 03-10-2023, addressed. to the commissioner, Transport department of Government of NCR of Deli (Enforcement Branch), 5/9 under Hill Road civil lines, Delhi-110054.

i) Kindly provide information whether there was any instructions from the Transport Minister Hon’ble Shri Kailash Gehlot or from the Court in connection with impounding overaged vehicles parked outside the date of owner of the house and not playing on road (for some time) because of user’s (hereto wife) critical illness, whom the vehicle was gifted on account of her awarded a PH.D degree in ‘PSYCOLOGY’ by 959 Calcutta.

ii) Kindly disclose whether the Hon’ble Transport Minister Shri Gehlot at any xxxxxxx time has ordered to stop the drive to confiscate overaged parked vehicle?

iii) kindly disclose whether Impounding Overaged Vehicle by the transport department of Delhi Government and Sent that for scraping without having any authority under Law is a criminal Act or not?

iv) Kindly disclose whether impounding of vehicle raises important question of Law, including that of the right of a person to protect and preserve tangible entities belonging to one's Parant's in order to ensure continuation of family values and heritage in the generation yet unborn? v) Kindly disclose whether for the Vehicle registration no DL 3CJ5355 the owner had to approach the Hon'ble High court for either getting the vehicle release