Rs 3 lakh fine on 12 officials for delaying RTI replies

TNN | Dec 25, 2018, 08.33 AM IST

 

BIJNOR: The state information commissioner on Monday imposed a cumulative fine of Rs 3 lakh on 12 officials from Bijnor, Moradabad and Amroha for causing delay in replying to Right to Information requests filed in their respective departments.

State information commissioner Hafiz Usman, who was in Bijnor to attend a hearing on complaints related to RTIs, imposed a fine on 12 officials for delaying replies, while letting off 10 others with a warning.

The officials who were asked to pay a fine of Rs 25,000 each are district magistrate of Sambhal, district education and training institutes of Kanth in Moradabad, registrar of Vilaspur in Rampur district, basic shiksha adhikaris of Sambhal and Rampur, district inspector of schools in Sambhal, block development officer of Haldaur, supply inspector of Kundarki in Moradabad, executive officer of Milak civic body in Rampur, child development project officer of Najibabad, accounts officer of basic education department in Sambhal and block education officer of Junaavai in Sambhal.

The commissioner heard a total of 55 cases pertaining to RTI requests.