Does a government employees’ attendance sheet come under RTI Act ?
4 Mar, 2016
Ref: Disclosure of leave records and attendance registers of employees under RTI
http://www.rtifoundationofindia.com/disclosure-leave-records-and-attendance-registers-1639
Comment: Sir, please tell me whether a government employees’ attendance sheet come under RTI Act. PIO denied me say it is 3rd party information. First appeal is on 8.3.2016
Is there any rule or court decision on this count? I have asked for the medical leave application which was denied.......my mob.no 9468413064
Name: Rajender Singh
Email id: rajmuskan1980@yahoo.com
The attendance record of an employee cannot be denied under section 8(1)(j) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, there shall be no obligation to give any citizen, information which relates to personal information the disclosure of which has no relationship to any public activity or interest, or which would cause unwarranted invasion of the privacy of the individual unless the Central Public Information Officer or the State Public Information Officer or the appellate authority, as the case may be, is satisfied that the larger public interest justifies the disclosure of such information: Provided that the information which cannot be denied to the Parliament or a State Legislature shall not be denied to any person. of the RTI Act, the reason for seeking the leave is a personal information.
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