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CICOM/A/2018/60129 |
AJITKUMAR VASANTRAO SONTAKKE |
21-08-2018 |
In the RTI application, appellant has enclosed a copy of reply furnished by the Dy. Director/SPIO of School Education, DSE, Govt. of West Bengal and requested CPIO, CIC to examine the appropriateness of definition of information as represented by the concerned SPIO and also sought guidance on the following queries:-
“(1) Has the definition of information, as stated in Section 2(f) of the RTI Act-2005, duly been represented by the concerned SPIO.
(2) Is anyway the definition of information misinterpreted or tampered by the concerned SPIOâ€
CPIO, CIC in his online reply dated 21.08.2018 stated that “CPIO, CIC is not competent to comment/advice on the reply given by Deputy Director of School Education & SPIO, West Bengal……….â€
From the RTI application, it is seen that regarding Point No.1 & 2 certain clarification/interpretation and the rules under RTI Act has been solicited. The RTI Act and Rules are public documents and the appellant is free to draw his own inference/interpretation and take suitable assistance if required from any expert in this regard. The CPIO is not expected to provide any clarification/interpretation/advice/guidance and the Rules and Acts which are enacted by the Government. Therefore, there is no infirmity in the response of the CPIO in this regard. |
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