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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK

W.P.(C) No.11948 of 2012

Prabhat Kumar Nanda

….

Petitioner

Mr. P.K. Nanda, Advocate

-versus-

Central Information Commission, New

Delhi and others

….

Opposite Parties

Mr. P.K. Parhi, A.S.G.I.

CORAM:

THE CHIEF JUSTICE

JUSTICE R.K. PATTANAIK

ORDER

13.07.2022

Order No.

03.

1. The challenge in the present petition is to an order dated 8^th June

2012 passed by the Central Information Commission (CIC)

whereby after finding that the Petitioner as the Central Public

Information Officer (CPIO) of the Paradip Port Trust (PPT) had

kept the RTI application with him first for 40days without taking

any action and then after receiving the information took 38days to

compile the information, the CIC held that for causing a total delay

of 71days, a penalty of Rs.17,750/- @ Rs.250/- per day should be

imposed on him.

2. This is the second round of litigation concerning the issue. In the

first round, against an initial order dated 31^st August 2009 of the

CIC, the Petitioner had filed W.P.(C) No.14551 of 2009 in this

Court. The