Summary: The First Appellate Authority of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) disposed of an RTI appeal filed by Neha Jain concerning the CIRP of G.C.A. Marketing Private Limited and her financial creditor claim of Rs. 74,500. The appellant had sought, inter alia, the current CIRP status, whether her claim had been received and recorded, its admission or verification status, reasons for delay, relevant records and filings, grievance-officer details, and information regarding technical issues with the claimant portal. The CPIO had directed her to information available in the public domain. The Appellate Authority explained that under Sections 2(f), 2(j) and 3 of the Right to Information Act, 2005, an applicant is entitled to information held by or under the control of the public authority, subject to statutory exemptions. For the CIRP status, the appellant could track proceedings through the websites of IBBI, NCLT and NCLAT. Regarding queries relating to the claim and its processing, the Authority noted that the latest updated list of claims, as on 5 January 2024, was available on IBBI’s website. Since the information held by or under the control of IBBI had been disclosed, the CPIO was not obligated to create new information. The CPIO’s response to the remaining queries concerning grievance details and claimant-portal technical issues was also found satisfactory, and the appeal was accordingly disposed of.
BEFORE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND FIRST APPELLATE AUTHORITY
INSOLVENCY AND BANKRUPTCY BOARD OF INDIA
7th Floor, Mayur Bhawan, Shankar Market,
Connaught Circus, New Delhi -110001
Dated: 1st September 2026
Order under section 19 of the Right to Information Act, 2005 (RTI Act) in respect of
RTI Appeal Registration No. ISBBI/A/E/26/00036
IN THE MATTER OF
Neha Jain
Vs.
Central Public Information Officer
The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India
7th Floor, Mayur Bhawan, Shankar Market,
Connaught Circus, New Delhi -110001
1. The Appellant has filed the present Appeal dated 4th August 2026, challenging the reply of the CPIO under the RTI Act.
2. In the RTI Application, the Appellant had stated that the following information: –
“I am a Financial Creditor of G.C.A. Marketing Private Limited CIN U52599PB2005PTC028378. My Financial Creditor Claim arises from two lease agreements dated 25/09/2007: 1. Jojoba Scheme – Rs. 49500 2. Jatropha Curcus Scheme – Rs. 25000 Total Claim Amount: Rs. 74500. I submitted my claim in Form CA with all supporting documents to the Resolution Professional Mr. Harish Taneja through the official email [email protected]. I also attempted to submit my claim through the claimant portal but could not complete the submission due to technical issues. Under the Right to Information Act 2005, I request the following information:
1. Current status of the CIRP of G.C.A. Marketing Private Limited.
2. Whether my Financial Creditor Claim of Rs. 74500 has been received and recorded.
3. Whether my claim has been admitted, partly admitted, rejected or is pending verification.
4. If admitted, the amount admitted and present stage of processing.
5. Reasons for any delay in processing or verification.
6. Copies of records, reports or filings available with IBBI relating to processing of claims in this CIRP, to the extent disclosable under the RTI Act.
7. Name, designation and contact details of the officer responsible for grievances relating to this CIRP.
8. Whether any technical issues regarding the claimant portal have been reported to IBBI and the action taken.”
The CPIO has, inter-alia, replied that the information sought is already available in the public domain and may be accessed at the following links:
https://ibbi.gov.in/claims/inner-process/U52599PB2005PTC028378 https://ibbi.gov.in/claims/front-claim-details/15571 Aggrieved with the reply, the Appellant has filed the instant Appeal stating that the CPIO has wrongly denied the information sought in the RTI Application.
3. I have carefully examined the application, the response of the Respondent and the instant Appeal and find that the matter can be decided based on the material available on record. In terms of section 2(f) of the RTI Act ‘information’ means “any material in any form, including records, documents, memos e-mails, opinions, advices, press releases, circulars, orders, logbooks, contracts, reports, papers, samples, models, data material held in any electronic form and information relating to any private body which can be accessed by a public authority under any other law for the time being in force.” It is pertinent to mention here that the Appellant’s “right to information’ flows from section 3 of the RTI Act and the said right is subject to the provisions of the Act. Section 2(j) of the RTI Act defines the “right to information” in term of information accessible under the Act which is held by or is under the control of a public authority. Thus, if the public authority holds any information in the form of data, statistics, abstracts, etc. an applicant can have access to the same under the RTI Act subject to exemptions under section 8.
4. With regard to query 1 of the application, the Appellant can track the status of the corporate insolvency resolution process from the websites of IBBI, National Company Law Tribunal and National Company Law Appellate Tribunal at https://ibbi.gov.in/claims/corporate-personals https://efiling.nclt.gov.in/casehistorybeforeloginmenutrue.drt and https://nclat.nic.in/display-board/cases respectively.
5. With regard to query 2, 3, 4, 5 and query 6 of the RTI application, it is pertinent to note that the CPIO has directed the Appellant to access the information on the IBBI website. On perusal of the corporate process of G.C.A Marketing Private Limited, the latest updated list of claims (as on 05.01.2024) is available and can be accessed at https://ibbi.gov.in//uploads/claims/2024-01-06%2020:08:24-621a31d6496863c87dc9ff6fa512cfb5.pdf. Since the information as “held by” or “under the control of the public authority” under Section 2(j) of the RTI Act has been disclosed, the CPIO is not obligated to create new information.
6. With regard to query 7 and 8, the reply of the CPIO is satisfactory and does not merit any interference.
7. This Appeal is, accordingly, disposed of.
Sd/-
(Shiv Anant Shankar)
First Appellate Authority
Copy to:
1. Appellant, Neha Jain
2. CPIO, The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India, 7th Floor, Mayur Bhawan, Shankar Market, Connaught Circus, New Delhi -110001.
