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के (cid:574)ीय सूचना आयोग

Central Information Commission

बाबा गंगनाथ माग(cid:330), मुिनरका

Baba Gangnath Marg, Munirka

नई िद(cid:671)ी, New Delhi – 110067

File No: CIC/SCRLS/A/2024/627399

Hyma .….अपीलकता(cid:330)/Appellant

VERSUS

बनाम

C.P.I.O,

South Central Railway,

Divisional Office,

Commercial Branch, Guntakal,

Andhra Pradesh – 515 801 ….(cid:366)ितवादी/Respondent

Date of Hearing : 04.02.2026

Date of Decision : 04.02.2026

INFORMATION COMMISSIONER : Swagat Das

Relevant facts emerging from appeal:

RTI application filed on : 08.05.2024

CPIO replied on : 23.05.2024

First appeal filed on : 27.05.2024

First Appellate Authority’s order : 04.06.2024

2nd Appeal/Complaint dated : 26.06.2024

Information sought:

1. The Appellant filed an RTI application dated 08.05.2024 seeking the

following information:

“I am legally wedded wife of your employee Mr. Sangineni Ramakrishna,

TT/SL/TPTY, PF No.24211753286, I seek information on the nature and

duration of leaves applied by the employee during 01-03-2024 to till date

i.e 08-05-2024,

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Request you to kindly provide complete information on the duration of

leaves and nature of leaves applied during above mentioned period.”

2. The CPIO furnished a reply to the Appellant on 23.05.2024 stating as

under:

“The information sought in the RTI application comes under third party

information as per section-11 of RTI Act 2005 and moreover third party

not willing to disclose the information. Hence, the information could not

be provided.”

3. The Appellant filed a First Appeal dated 27.05.2024. The FAA upheld the

reply of C.P.I.O vide order dated 04.06.2024.

4. Feeling aggrieved and dissatisfied, Appellant approached the

Commission with the instant Second Appeal.

Relevant Facts emerged during Hearing:

The following were present:-

Appellant: Present through Video-Conference.

Respondent: Shri Manoj, Senior Divisional Commercial Manager & CPIO

present through Video-Conference.

5. Proof of having served a copy of Second Appeal on Respondent while

filing the same in CIC on 26.06.2024 is not available on record.

Respondent confirms non-service.

6. Written submissions of the Respondent are taken on record.

7. The Appellant, during the hearing, reiterated the contents of her RTI

application and instant appeal and submitted that she had sought

specific information related to her husband but the same was wrongly

denied by the Respondent by invoking Section 8(1)(j) of the RTI Act. The

Appellant further submitted that similar information pertaining to

previous year had been furnished to her by the Respondent Public

Authority and, therefore, denial of the same information in the instant

RTI application was unjustified.

8. The Respondent submitted that vide their letter dated 23.05.2024, they

have categorically informed the Appellant that the information sought

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by her is personal information of third-party and is exempted from

disclosure as per Section 8(1)(j) of the RTI Act. The FAA had also upheld

the reply given by the PIO. The Respondent further informed that third-

party had also denied disclosure of his information to the Appellant.

Decision:

9. The Commission based on a perusal of the facts on record observes that

the core contention raised by the Appellant in the instant Second Appeal

was non-receipt of information from the Respondent. In this regard, it

was noted that reply in the matter has already been provided to the

Appellant.

10. The Commission observes that the Appellant had asked information

which is related to personal information of third-party which is

exempted from disclosure under Section 8(1)(j) of the RTI Act. The

Appellant has not disclosed any larger public interest in disclosing the

information.

11. The same can be garnered from a bare perusal of the text of Section

8(1)(j) of the RTI Act as under:

“8. Exemption from disclosure of information.—

(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, there shall be no

obligation to give any citizen,

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(j) information whi