Information regarding outcome of a complaint for release of salary
8 Dec, 2012Background
The appellant had filed a complaint with the Office of the Labour Commissioner against M/s Delhi Engineering & Construction Company for not releasing his salary and allowances. Later, he filed an application under the Right to Information (RTI) Act seeking to know the outcome of his complaint. The Public Information Officer (PIO) transferred the application to the PIO, South West District who furnished the reply to the applicant.
Proceeding
During the hearing before the Central Information Commission (CIC), the respondent submitted that the appellant’s matter pertained to the Regional Labour Commissioner (Central) to whom they had forwarded the appellant’s complaint letter. They also stated that the appellant’s RTI application has not been transferred to the Regional Labour Commissioner (Central).
View of CIC
The Central Information Commission (CIC) directed the PIO (South West District) to transfer the appellant’s RTI application to the Regional Labour Commissioner (Central) along with a copy of the appellant’s complaint letter and a copy of communication by which they had forwarded the appellant’s said letter to the Regional Labour Commissioner (Central).
Citation: Mr. M.S. Bisht v. Government of NCT of Delhi Office in File No. CIC/AD/A/2012/002205
RTI Citation : RTIFI/2012/CIC/856
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