Dear friends,
It was observed that Railway have locked Pubic Toilet/bathroom situated near arrival gate at Amritsar Railway Station. Many requests were made for opening of the lock from the Toilet/bathroom but nothing positive happened. Ultimately RTI applications were filed with the railway soughting detail regarding date of closure of toilet, reasons of its closure, when it would be opened, expenditure incurred on constructions and maintence of above toilet etc etc. Railways supplied wrong information by stating that Toilet is not locked rather it is opened for use of Public, further, information was supplied late i.e. beyond the stipulated period of 30 days. News regarding locked toilets/bathroom was covered by print media (copies enclosed). Thereafter, railway removed the lock and opened the bathroom/toilet.
Complaint under section 18/19 of the RTI Act was made before Hon'ble Central Information Commission New Delhi for imposing penalty under section 20 of the RTI Act against PIO Railway due to wrong and late supply of information. Information commissioner issued show cause notice to the PIO why penalty not be imposed due to late supply of information. Now Commission have decided the case and have found PIO guilty and have imposed penalty of Rs.9500 on the PIO(copy enclosed) to be recovered in two instalments.
Thanks
Paramjit Singh
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