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Baba Gangnath Marg, Munirka नई निल्ली, New Delhi – 110067 File No: CIC/ARMHQ/A/2024/621721 Maneesh Bisht .….अपीलक VERSUS बनाम PIO, ECHS Cell, Station Headquarters, Haldwani, PIN - 900281, C/o 56 APO ….प्रनर्वािीगण /Respondent Date of Hearing : 12.11.2025 Date of Decision : 20.11.2025 INFORMATION COMMISSIONER : Vinod Kumar Tiwari Relevant facts emerging from appeal:

RTI application filed on : 01.03.2024 CPIO replied on : 23.03.2024 First appeal filed on : 28.03.2024 First Appellate Authority’s order : 27.04.2024 2nd Appeal/Complaint dated : 22.05.2024 Information sought:

1. The Appellant filed an RTI application dated 01.03.2024 (offline) seeking the following information:

“1. Annexed herewith please find a postal of Rs. 50/- for inspection of Public records/extracts under RTI Act 2005, between 1200 hours to 1300 hours on 02/04 March 2024.

2. The following Public Documents held in your custody will be inspected by the applicant.

(a) Monthly ECHS Veteran Meeting minutes (with photography &

remarks) since year 2019 - till Feb 2024.

(b) (i) Complaint letters which where submitted by the individual against Krishna Hospital & Research Centre Haldwani in ECHS Cell since May 2022, & (") subsequent complaint (against Krishna Hospital) forwarded by Central Org on 29 July 2022 to lower formation & received by your ECHS Haldwani /Stn Hq to investigate the matter.

(c) HQ UB Area (A/ECHS) letter No. 196103/Comp/ECHS dated 03 Sep

2022.

(d). Names/list of Public worker/officer drawing payment from public fund, who took the charge of OIC ECHS Cell from May 2022 to 29 Feb

2024.

(e) Action taken by ECHS Cell/Stn HQs for releasing the amount of Rs. 1,000/-for penalty (Cost) & further submission of penalty (Cost), imposed by Honourable Consumer Commission Nainital on 28 December 2023 due to delay in submission Written Satement.

(g) Name of the public Officer (OIC ECHS Cell) who signed the Written statement for dated 28 Dec 2023 for Consumer Commission Nainital (as name of the Public Officer is missing & ambiquity of rank has been placed).”

2. The CPIO furnished a point-wise reply to the Appellant on 23.03.2024 stating as under:

“(a) Para 2 (a). Monthly ECHS Veteran Meeting minutes between 2019 to Aug 2023 is not held, hence not available. Therefore, cannot be provided.

(b) Para 2 (b).

(i) Complaint letters submitted by the individual against Krishna Hospital and Research Centre in ECHS Cell, Station Headquarters, Haldwani since May 2022 are fwd herewith.

(ii) Letters forwarded by Central Organisation on 29 Jul 2022 to lower formation and received by ECHS Cell, Stn Headquarters Haldwani cannot be provided for inspection under section 8 (e) of RTI Act 2005.

(c) 2005. Para 2 (c). Cannot be provided for inspection under section 8 (e)

of RTI Act-

(d) 2005. Para 2 (d). Cannot be provided for inspection under section 8 (j)

of RTI Act-

(e) Para 2 (e). Intimation not held hence cannot be provided for inspection.

(f) Para 2 (g). Cannot be provided under section 8 (j) of RTI Act-2005.

The above information has been furnished as per rules and guidelines.”

3. Being dissatisfied, the Appellant filed a First Appeal dated 28.03.2024.

The FAA vide its order dated 27.04.2024, stated as under:

2. “..Parawise reply of your application dated 28 Mar 24 is as under :- (a) Para 2 (a). The point was implemented and fwd vide our letter No 401401/Med/ECHS PC/A dt 23 Mar 24. However, documents can not be provided for inspection under section 8 (e) of RTI Act-2005.

(b) Para 2 (b) (i). The same cannot be provided for inspection under section 8 (j) of RTI Act-2005. However, insp is not permitted and denied to you to take the enclosures without signatures of officer/PIO in every page of enclosures.

(c) Para 2 (b) (ii). It is for your information that all the Para and sub Paras of section 8 of the RTI Act 2005 are self explanatory, hence there is no need to give any reasons for not providing the documents for inspection neither by t