LAWS(DLH)-2015-12-581

UNION PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION Vs. CHANDAN KUMAR

Decided On December 21, 2015
UNION PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION Appellant
V/S
CHANDAN KUMAR Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The petition impugns the order dated 1st August, 2014 of the Chief Information Commission (CIC) constituted under Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005 in Appeal No.CIC/SM/C/2013/000253/RM.

(2.) Notice of this petition was issued and vide ex parte ad interim order dated 15th December, 2014 proceedings before the CIC were stayed. The respondent failed to appear despite being served with the notice on 28th October, 2015. Finding that the respondent is a resident of Bihar and was the information seeker before the CIC and was heard electronically before the CIC also, it was not deemed expedient to await the respondent any further and the counsel for the petitioner was heard on 18th December, 2015. However after some arguments the hearing was adjourned on the request of the counsel for the petitioner Union Public Service Commissioner (UPSC). The counsel for the petitioner UPSC has been heard further today.

(3.) The respondent sought following information from the Central Public Information Officer (CPIO) of the petitioner UPSC:-