केन्द्रीय सचू ना आयोग Central Information Commission बाबा गगं नाथ माग,ग मनु नरका

Baba Gangnath Marg, Munirka नई दिल्ली, New Delhi – 110067 नितीय अपील सख्ं या / Second Appeal No. CIC/CABST/A/2024/634243 निकायत सख्ं या / Complaint No. CIC/CABST/C/2024/634267 Shri. Narender Lal Dungroth. ..निकायतकता ग /Complainant … अपीलकता/ग Appellant VERSUS/बनाम PIO, Cabinet Secretariat …प्रनतवािीगण /Respondent Date of Hearing : 13.08.2025 Date of Decision : 13.08.2025 Chief Information Commissioner : Shri Heeralal Samariya Relevant facts emerging from appeal:

RTI application filed on : 07.06.2024 PIO replied on : 10.06.2024/19.06.2024 First Appeal filed on : 12.07.2024 First Appellate Order on : 29.07.2024 2^ndAppeal/complaint received on : 09.08.2024 Information sought and background of the case:

The Appellant filed an RTI application dated 07.06.2024 seeking information on following points:-

“This is to bring for your kind notice and consideration that the respective cabinet secretariat has offered direct post of Deputy Field Officer (DFO) GD to 400 candidates who were not in the final list of intelligence Bureaus ACIO-2020 exam and were from reserve panel. These 400 unsuccessful candidates were posted to cabinet secretariat duties (GD) from 2022 in a phased manner without conducting any proper exam by the cabinet secretariat nor by issuing any notification. This information was revealed by the intelligence Bureau in its affidavit to Honourble High Court of Delhi on 02-11-2023 for Review Petition No.321 of 2023 in W.P.(C) No. 8560/2022. I would like to request the following few:

1. That on what grounds does the recruitment of DFO (Deputy Field Officer/GD) was carried without issuing any advertisement by the cabinet secretariat, which does for other hiring processes in the department?

2. Why does the department has choose the unsuccessful candidates who are from the reserve list panel of intelligence Bureau, 2020 notification of ACID-U?

3. The cabinet secretariat did not conduct any exam for those 400 rather selected them from a reserve list of other organization without any open advertisement, why?

4. As the 400 is not a small number, why did not you consider me or the existing reserve panel of 2014-15 ACID-il notification who were been working as Immigration Assistants in IB from 2018-2021 and were more skilled & experienced?

5. Though there was a case been fried in the court on the issue of Immigration Assistants of 18 in 2022, how the respective cabinet secretariat moved with this recruitment ahead?

Sir, these above questions was raised because there was no policy that had affected the previous or present recruits but only the batch of 2014-15 & 1 had personally affected with the decisions of either by the 18 or Cabinet Secretariat. Hence, approaching you for the conclusion as I had become unemployed with those decisions took by higher-ups and feel that I had been discriminated or betrayed by not considering me though I do not have any remarks and was struggling for my career/future presently. The supporting details also been attached for your reference for swift decision and action & help me kindly for an opportunity.”

The CPIO, vide letter dated 10.06.2024 replied as under:-

“Reply: The subject matter of the information sought pertains to Cabinet Secretariat (SR). Accordingly, the afore-mentioned application is transferred to Cabinet Secretariat (SR) under Section

6(3) of the RTI Act, 2005.”

The CPIO, Cabinet Secretariat (SR) vide letter dated 19.06.2024 replied as under:

“..This is with reference to your application bearing registration No.CABST/R/E/24/00380 dated 07.06.2024 which has been transferred to this Secretariat by Cabinet Secretariat, Rashtrapati Bhawan vide their OM. No. CABST/R/E/24/00380-RTI dated 10.06.2024 and received on 12.06.2024 under RTI Act, 2005. This is to inform that the information sought by you pertains to Intelligence and Security Organization figuring at Sl.No.2 of the Second Schedule of the RTI Act, which is exempted from