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के (cid:574)ीय सूचना आयोग

Central Information Commission

बाबा गंगनाथ माग१, मुिनरका

Baba Gangnath Marg, Munirka

नई िद(cid:671)ी, New Delhi – 110067

ि(cid:554)तीय अपील संূा /Second Appeal No. CIC/EPFOG/A/2025/119531

M Hajeera Bhanu ….अपीलकता१/Appellant

VERSUS

बनाम

CPIO,

Employees Provident Fund Organisation

Hyderabad ... ঋितवादीगण /Respondents

Date of Hearing : 14/05/2026

Date of Decision : 14/05/2026

INFORMATION COMMISSIONER : Ashutosh Chaturvedi

Relevant facts emerging from Second Appeal/Complaint:

RTI application filed on 14/10/2024

CPIO replied on 19/11/2024

First appeal filed on 28/11/2024

FAA’s order dated 01/04/2025

Second Appeal dated 24/04/2025

Information sought:

The appellant has filed RTI application dated 14/10/2024 seeking the following

information:

“My husband MASUMBAIGARI NOORUDDIN, Aadhar Card No. **** ****

3821, and PAN Card No. ******33R, who is working in the M/S. RIMINI

STREET INDIA OPERATIONS from 19-02-2021, Whether he is continuing or

shifted to another company, (His P.F. Subscription No. AP/HYD/******/10542)

and previous P.F. Subscription No. AP/HYD/******/1802).

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His monthly P.F. subscription details, and total amount in his P.F. Account may

kindly be spare to my above mentioned address

2. The CPIO has furnished a reply to the appellant on 19/11/2024 stated as:

“…..In this connection, the applicant is once again informed that the EPF

balances and details are financial and personal information of the member's

concerned. Information available to a person in his fiduciary relationship as per

section 8(1) (e) and information which relates to personal information, the

disclosure of which has no relationship to any public activity or interest, or which

would cause unwarranted invasion of the privacy of the individual as per section

8(1) (j) cannot be disclosed unless the competent authority is satisfied that the

larger public interest warrants. The applicant has not shown explicitly any such

larger public interest while seeking personal and financial information of third

parties concerned. Hence, the personal and financial information pertaining to

third party is exempted from disclosure as per section 8(1) (e) & 8(1) (j) of RTI

Act, 2005.

In this regard, I would like to draw your attention to the decision of Honorable

Central Information Commission, New Delhi in case no. CIC/EPFOG/A/2022/

641146 dated 25-07-2023 between Mr. BikashKumar Vs CPIOS, EPFO,

Regional Offices, Bommasandra, Kandivalli and Madhapur (Hyderabad),

wherein it was held that "the appellant has sought Information pertaining to a

other individual which qualifies as a third party information and same is

exempted from disclosure as per Section 8(1)(1) of the RTI Act, 2005, further no

larger public interest has been invoked by him, In view of this, Commission finds

it pivotal to highlight a landmark judgement of the Hon'ble Supreme Court,

wherein aspect of "personal information" has been explained in a highly

structured manner. In this regard, ratio laid down in the matter of Central Public

Information Officer, Supreme Court of India vs. Subhash Chandra Agarwal in

Civil Appeal No. 10044 of 2010 with Civil Appeal No. 10045 of 2010 and Civil

Appeal No. 2683 of 2010"….”

3. Aggrieved and dissatisfied, the appellant filed the First Appeal with the

first Appellate Authority and the First Appellate Authority vide order dated

01/04/2025 stated as under:

“…The Appellant vide Appeal dated 28.11.2024 sought the same information as

sought in RTI request dated 14.10.2024. The Appellant was provided the

information vide CPIO decision dated 19.11.2024 which was available in this

office.

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It is observed that the Applicant sought the personal and financial details vide

RTI application dated 14.10.2024 in respect of her husband Shri. Masumbaigari

Nooruddin. Accordingly, the applicant was informed that the personal and

financial information pertaining to third party