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1. The Respondent, Dr. Avinash Kumar, filed an application dated 30th April, 2015 under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 20051, with the Petitioner/ Department of Health and Family Welfare, GNCTD, seeking information pertaining to the NHRC Case No. 8474/30/9/2014 in relation to the committees constituted to conduct inquiry into allegations of corruption against officials of the Aruna Asaf Ali Government Hospital.

2. At that stage, the Petitioner denied the information, contending that the inquiry was still underway and inquiry report can only be finalised after the Department chooses to investigate the allegations against the officers. Unsatisfied with this response, the Respondent escalated the matter, which eventually travelled up in appeal before the Central Information Commission (CIC). In such circumstances, the following decision was passed through the impugned order dated 21st January, 2016:

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4. Having heard the submission and after perusal of records, the Commission directs the respondent authority to provide information from point No. 1 to 4, of RTI application dated 30.04.2015 and furnish certified copy of inquiry report received