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Disclosure of leave records of the Panchayat Secretaries

7 May, 2012

Background

The appellant sought information with respect to Panchayat Secretary like the detail of staff who applied for earned leave, maternity leave, child care leave; staff to whom leave was granted; rule under which leave was not sanctioned to some etc. The Public Information Officer (PIO) provided the available information. The appellant claimed that the PIO has not given information for Panchayat secretaries whose leave was not sanctioned.

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The PIO submitted that no such persons were there whose leaves have not been sanctioned during the period for which the information was sought. The Central Information Commission (CIC) rejected the appeal observing that the sought information was provided by the PIO.

Citation: Miss Shyamali Ganguly v. Andaman Nicobar Administration Directorate of RD, PRIS & Urban Local Bodies in Decision No. CIC/SG/A/2012/000073/18023

RTI Citation : RTIFI/2012/CIC/257
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