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 Nos: CIC/CCAPT/C/2024/611687, CIC/CCAPT/C/2024/611688, CIC/CCAPT/C/2024/611692, CIC/CCAPT/C/2024/611694, CIC/CCAPT/C/2024/611697, CIC/CCAPT/C/2024/611699.

(Total six cases)

Radha Raman Tripathy ….िशकायतकता(cid:18) /Complainant VERSUS बनाम PIO Income Tax Officer, Ward - 3(5), Pragati Nagar, Bhoop Narayan Singh Colony, Madhubani, Bihar – 847211 ….(cid:27)ितवादीगण /Respondent Date of Hearing : 29.05.2025 Date of Decision : 17.06.2025 INFORMATION COMMISSIONER : Vinod Kumar Tiwari The above-mentioned complaints are clubbed together as the Complainant is common, and the subject matter is similar in nature and hence are being disposed of through a common order.

CIC/CCAPT/C/2024/611687 Relevant facts emerging from complaint:

RTI application filed on : 05.12.2019 CPIO replied on : 14.03.2024 First appeal filed on : Not On record First Appellate Authority’s order : Not on record

2nd Appeal/Complaint dated : 05.03.2024 Information sought:

1. The Complainant filed an RTI application dated 05.12.2019 (online)

seeking the following information:

“Kindly provide me the following information under RTI Act, 2005 in respect of your Range.

1. Total Number of cases in which Penalty u/s 271A have been November imposed.

2. Total amount of penalty imposed as at sl.1 above.”

2. The CPIO furnished a point-wise reply to the complainant on 14.03.2024 stating as under:

“1. Total number of cases in which penalty u/s 271A have been imposed in November 2019- NIL

2. Total number of penalties imposed at SL.No. 1 above -NIL”

3. Being dissatisfied, the complainant failed to file a First Appeal. The FAA order is not on record.

4. Feeling aggrieved and dissatisfied, complainant approached the Commission with the instant Complaint.

CIC/CCAPT/C/2024/611688 Relevant facts emerging from complaint:

RTI application filed on : 05.12.2019 CPIO replied on : 14.03.2024 First appeal filed on : Not On record First Appellate Authority’s order : Not on record

2nd Appeal/Complaint dated : 14.03.2024 Information sought:

5. The Complainant filed an RTI application dated 05.12.2019 (online)

seeking the following information:

“Kindly provide me the following information under RTI Act, 2005 in respect of your Range.

1. Number of Income Tax Returns filed manually during the month of November,2019.”

6. The CPIO furnished a reply to the complainant on 14.03.2024 stating as under:

“1. Number of Income Tax Return filed manually during the month of November, 2019- NIL”

7. Being dissatisfied, the complainant failed to file a First Appeal. The FAA order is not on record.

8. Feeling aggrieved and dissatisfied, complainant approached the Commission with the instant Complaint.

CIC/CCAPT/C/2024/611692 Relevant facts emerging from complaint:

RTI application filed on : 05.12.2019 CPIO replied on : 14.03.2024 First appeal filed on : Not On record First Appellate Authority’s order : Not on record

2nd Appeal/Complaint dated : 14.03.2024 Information sought:

9. The Complainant filed an RTI application dated 05.12.2019 (online)

seeking the following information:

“Kindly provide me the following information under RTI Act, 2005 in respect of your Range.

1. Number cases in which Penalty u/s 271B have been imposed during the month of November,2019.

2. Amount of Penalty imposed as at sl.1 above.”

10. The CPIO furnished a point-wise reply to the complainant on 14.03.2024 stating as under:

“1. Number of cases in which penalty u/s 271B have been imposed during the months of November 2019-NIL

2. Amount of penalty imposed at SL. NO 1 above- NIL”

11. Being dissatisfied, the complainant failed to file a First Appeal. The FAA order is not on record.

12. Feeling aggrieved and dissatisfied, complainant approached the Commission with the instant Complaint.

CIC/CCAPT/C/2024/611694 Relevant facts emerging from complaint:

RTI application filed on : 17.01.2020 CPIO replied on : 14.03.2024 First appeal filed on