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 No: CIC/MCDND/C/2023/628005 Akshay Kumar Malhotra ….िशकायतकता(cid:18) /Complainant VERSUS बनाम PIO Dy. Director Horticulture, Municipal Corporation of Delhi, Keshavpuram Zone, A-1 Block, Keshavpuram, Delhi- 110035 ….(cid:27)ितवादीगण /Respondent Date of Hearing : 18.07.2025 Date of Decision : 30.07.2025 INFORMATION COMMISSIONER : Vinod Kumar Tiwari Relevant facts emerging from complaint:

RTI application filed on : 27.12.2022 CPIO replied on : Not on record First appeal filed on : 31.01.2023 First Appellate Authority’s order : Not on record

2nd Appeal/Complaint dated : 07.06.2023 Information sought:

1. The Complainant filed an RTI application dated 27.12.2022 (offline)

seeking the following information:

“RTI is related to a very larger public interest and is related to, to know the enforcement of DPTA, 1994 (Delhi Preservation of Trees Act, 1994) and to ensure that proper procedures are been followed in respect of cutting of Trees and Forest Produce (as per the definition under Section

2(d) and 2(i) of DPTA, 1994) in AC Block, Shalimar