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/DDATY/C/2023/104211, CIC/DDATY/C/2023/106126, CIC/DDATY/C/2023/106127 &

CIC/DDATY/C/2023/104213 Akshay Kumar Malhotra ….िशकायतकता(cid:18) /Complainant VERSUS बनाम

1. PIO, O/o Dy Director, DDA, Horticulture Divion- X, CSC Market, Jahangirpuri, Delhi- 110033

2. PIO, Delhi Development Authority O/o Executive Engineer, Horticulture Civil Division No.5, Keshav Puram, Delhi - 110035 ….(cid:27)ितवादीगण /Respondents Date of Hearing : 18.07.2025 Date of Decision : 30.07.2025 INFORMATION COMMISSIONER : Vinod Kumar Tiwari The above-mentioned Complaints are clubbed together as the Complainant is common and subject-matter is similar in nature and hence are being disposed of through a common order.

1. CIC/DDATY/C/2023/104211 Relevant facts emerging from complaint:

RTI application filed on : 27.07.2022 CPIO replied on : 24.08.2022 First appeal filed on : 31.08.2022 First Appellate Authority’s order : 28.09.2022 2nd Appeal/Complaint dated : 24.01.2023 Information sought:

1. The Complainant filed an RTI application dated 27.07.2022 (offline)

seeking the following information:

“The information in the present RTI Application is related to Estimates been prepared for various Works by HORTICULTURE-10 Division/DDA for the works to be done during the financial year 2022-2023.

Every year Horticulture Division / HORTICULTURE-10 Division/DDA spend 10's/100's of crores of rupees of public money to maintain/new constructions etc. in various parks under their jurisdiction. Scope of work of contract issued to private contractors / amount spent / contracts given to private contractors for maintenance of such park etc etc (as there are various types of works which DDA carries out either under Legal contract or sometimes directly through private contractors, by themselves (DDA).

So, the public money paid to various contractors for creating new structure and / or for servicing/maintenance of existing infrastructure is a matter where larger public interest is involved in the form of proper and timely material / services given by the contractor, as per the terms of the agreement, so as to ensure that public money is spent judiciously and properly and to the best interest of the citizen of Delhi.

Important Facts The information requested in the RTI Application should have been disseminated and put in public domain, by itself by the public authority, but it didn't do it and hence violation of Section 4 of RTI Act, 2005.

So, a citizen has to file a RTI Application, for an information, which otherwise should have been made available to the citizen, by putting it in public domain, by the Public Authority, in the normal course, so that citizen could see that information at their own from the sites where this information is disseminated viz easily accessibility at the website of the public authority etc etc Important Facts about how CPIO is making all attempts to be non-

transparent

1. The information requested by me in my RTI Application is a Public information and not private information related to me and/or any private information and thus all the information requested in my RTI Application should have been disseminated and put in public domain suo-motu, by itself by the public authority, but it didn't do it and hence violation of Section 4 of RTI Act, 2005.

2. And now, I am filing RTI Application to get the same piece of public information.

So, Public Authority don't make any information available suo-motu, as per Section 4 of RTI Act, 2005.

Information Requested

1. Please inform me and provide me with the certified copies of the List of SUMMARY (Dictionary meaning of Summary defined at end of this RTI) ALL Estimates been prepared for various Works by HORTICULTURE-10 Division/DDA for the works to be done during the financial year 2022-

2023, giving details of following:

(Please note that this is only an illustrative format