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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/ITILT/A/2024/654282

Gangaraj S .….अपीलकता(cid:330)/Appellant

VERSUS

बनाम

CPIO

ITI Limited, ITI Bhavan,

Corporate Office,

Dooravaninagar, Bangalore -

560016 ….(cid:366)ितवादीगण /Respondent

Date of Hearing : 05.03.2026

Date of Decision : 05.03.2026

INFORMATION COMMISSIONER : Jaya Varma Sinha

Relevant facts emerging from appeal:

RTI application filed on : 24.08.2024

CPIO replied on : 24.09.2024

First appeal filed on : 01.10.2024

First Appellate Authority’s order : 08.11.2024

2nd Appeal dated : 03.12.2024

Information sought:

1. The Appellant filed an RTI application dated 24.08.2024(online) seeking

the following information:

“Please furnish the following information under the Right to Information Act,

2005, in regard to the contracts entered into from 1997 to 2024

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1. Copies of agreements and contract entered into with contractors for the

period 1997 to 2024

2. List of contract workers working in ITI from 2022 to 2024 long with details of

date of joining and designation

3. All returns filed under the Contract Labour Act, Payment of Wages Act and

the Minimum Wages Act by M/s ITI Ltd.

4. Inspection of all related files”

2. The CPIO furnished a reply to the Appellant on 24.09.2024 stating as

under:

“This is with reference to your offline RTI application vide Dated: 24.08.2024,

received in CPIO Office on 26.08.2024 via India Post. Please find below the reply

to your queries (Q.No. 1, Q.No. 2. Q.No. 3 & Q.No. 4), which is regarding the

contract from 1997 to 2024.

"Information sought is exempted from disclosure in accordance with section

8(1) (J) and 8(1) (d) of the RTI Act, 2005."

3. Being dissatisfied, the Appellant filed a First Appeal dated 01.10.2024. The

FAA vide its order dated 08.11.2024, held as under:

“After careful consideration and thorough examination of your request, we

would like to inform you that the response provided by the Central Public

Information Officer (CPIO), ITI Limited are valid and are in accordance with the

provisions of the RTI Act.

Hence in view of the above your RTI Appeal has been disposed.”

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 VC.

Respondent: Shri Shashikant Tanaji Pawar, CPIO-cum-AGM, attended the

hearing through VC.

5. The Appellant stated that the Respondent has not provided the relevant

information as sought in the instant RTI Application.

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6. The Respondent submitted that the information sought by the Appellant

in the instant RTI Application contains personal information of third-party

contractors, individual workers, statutory compliance records and

industrial dispute proceedings presently pending adjudication before the

Central Government Industrial Tribunal (CGIT), Bengaluru. Information

regarding contract agreements executed with contractors contain

detailed commercial and technical terms including financial quotations

and pricing structures, technical specifications, Scope of work and

deployment patterns and Operational and manpower details. These

agreements involve third-party commercial interests and disclosure

would adversely affect the competitive position of the contractors as well

as the tendering process of the Respondent CPIO organization. Therefore,

the information is exempted under Section 8 (1) (d) & (j) of the RTI Act,

2005.

7. A written submission has been received from Shri Shashikant Tanaji

Pawar, CPIO-cum-AGM, vide letter dated 25.02.2026, stating as under:

“2. The applicant, Mr. Gangaraj S, submitted an offline RTI application dated

24.08.2024, which was received by the CPIO through offline mode (Annexure-

02). The said application was received in the office of the CPIO on 26.08.2024,

and a reply was issued on 24.09.20