Case Law Details
Central Public Information Officer, Employees Provident Fund Organisation Vs Alok Dutta Jha And Anr (Delhi High Court)
High Court of Delhi ruled that copy of VCC, Charge sheets, suspension order etc. would fall under the purview of ‘personal information’ as defined in clause(j) of Section 8(1) of RTI Act. The operative part of the Judgement dated 13-02-2023 is here as under:
“9. It is clear from the kind of information being sought, that the specific vigilance clearance certificate for the promotion of one employee has been sought, along with a copy of the chargesheets and the suspension order, if any. The information sought also relates to entries in the service book of the said employee. Clearly, these kinds of information would be covered under Section 8(1)(j) of the Right to Information Act, 2005, inasmuch as these documents pertain to issues between the employer and one employee.
10. No public interest is being served by disclosure of the same. The CIC was clearly wrong in holding that the judgment in Girish Ramchandra Deshpande (supra) would not apply or that it would not be covered by Section 8(1)0) of the Act.”
FULL TEXT OF THE JUDGMENT/ORDER OF DELHI HIGH COURT
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