Case Law Details
Shivi Mohan Rastogi Vs CPIO (CIC Delhi)
Central Information Commission (CIC) upon a perusal of records and after hearing submissions of both the parties remarked at the outset that the core premise raised by the Appellant was non-receipt of certified copies of his TDS documents for the averred period. In response to it, the CPIO submitted that TAN —DELS33634G for FY 2019-20 is available in the traces portal of the Income tax department. The portal can be accessed at the url www.tdscpc.gov.in by login into Taxpayer section by the TAN no and password set for the TAN number.
Here, the Commission would like to bring the attention of the parties towards the definition of information u/s 2(f) of the RTI Act, 2005 which is reproduced below:
“information” means any material in any form, including records, documents, memos, emails, opinions, advices, press releases, circulars, orders, logbooks, contracts, report, 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.”
Furthermore, a reference can also be made to the relevant extract of Section 2 (j) of the RTI Act, 2005 which reads as under:
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