Furnishing Wrong Information under Right to Information Act

08-May-2013

Furnishing Wrong Information 

            There
are a number of cases where an applicant has filed first appeal with the First
Appellate Authority in the Public Authority concerned and second
appeal/complaint with the Central Information Commission/State Information , as
the case may be, inter-alia, due to the following reasons:
(i)         Non-receipt
of information within prescribed time;

(ii)        Denial
of request of information;

(iii)       If he/she
believes that incomplete/misleading or false information under this Act has
been given by the Public Information Officer.

The number of second appeals/complaints registered by the
Central Information Commission during three years is as under:

            The
Right to Information Act, 2005 already provides for imposition of penalty and
recommendation of disciplinary action by the Central Information
Commission/State Information Commission, as the case may be, against the Public
Information Officer who has knowingly given incorrect, incomplete or misleading
information under the RTI Act. The CIC/SICs have been imposing such
penalties and also recommending disciplinary action against such Public
Information Officers.

This was stated by Shri V. Narayanasamy, Minister
of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension and
Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office in written reply to a question
by   Shri Bharat Ram Meghwal  today.