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2025 Supreme(Online)(CIC) 3840

CENTRAL INFORMATION COMMISSION
Vinod Kumar Tiwari, IC
Lakshmi Bai Arakh – Appellant
Versus
CPIO, Office of the Divisional Railway Manager, RTI Cell, West Central Railway, Jabalpur – Respondent


Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners:
For the Respondents: Shri Sachipati Nandan, APO, Western Central Railway

Table of Content
1. nature of rti application and prior appeals. (Para 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 8)
2. detailing of evidence related to inquiry on personal matters. (Para 6 , 10)
3. reasoning on denial of information based on privacy rights. (Para 11 , 12 , 15)
4. citing supreme court judgments on personal information. (Para 14)
5. procedural reminders for fairness in rti applications. (Para 16 , 17 , 18 , 19)

Information sought:

1. The Appellant filed an (offline) RTI application dated 05.08.2024 seeking the following information:

2. The CPIO furnished a reply to the Appellant on 30.08.2024 stating as under:

3. Being dissatisfied, the appellant filed a First Appeal dated 14.09.2024.

The FAA vide its order dated 15.10.2024, upheld the reply of CPIO.

4. Feeling aggrieved and dissatisfied, appellant approached the Commission with the instant Second Appeal.

5. In the meantime, the Appellant filed a writ petition bearing No. WP No. 17121/2025 before the Hon’ble High Court of MP, Jabalpur seeking early hearing of this Appeal which was allowed by the Court vide order dated 23.06.2025. The operative portion of the order is as under: -

“…Considering the aforesaid, this petition is disposed off by directing t

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