Case Law Details
The present set of Appeals (1282 in number) arise out of RTI Applications filed by the Appellant against different Commands of Indian Air Force and it has been decided to adjudicate upon the Appeals by putting same subject matters under one head (which may or may not have the same date of RTI Application) and have been listed for hearings in different bunches. This has been done after taking into consideration the fact that these RTI Applications are seeking the same information but in the context of different Air Commands, yet the basic contentions and relief sought in Appeal would be suited for a composite listing of the matters in order to cut down on the time and resources invested in adjudicating on each Appeal separately.
Appellant’s submissions:
In the initial hearing of these Appeals, Appellant started out by giving a brief background of Indian Air Force by mentioning the number of Commands, Stations etc. to highlight an impending issue, which is that IAF has only 8 CP10s, viz. 7 at Command level and 1 at HQ level. He alleged this to be a concerted step taken by the higher echelons of IAF to only frustrate the spirit of RTI Act and it is per force that he has been filing number of RTI Applications with only one CPIO. He admits that largely IAF has been doing well and that he was himself a proud part of it, yet there is a parallel economy running inside the fraternity and there are different sources of corruption. It is asserted that his primary intention is to fight corruption. He raises the issue of funds allocated in the name of non-public funds being misused for personal interests within the hierarchy and that it is used as a source of income generation with vested interests rather than aiming at the welfare of the forces.
DECISION
A comprehensive reading of the foregoing excerpts, analysis and submissions of both the parties, do not leave much to interpret for the Commission as regards the maintainability of these Appeals. Yet, there a few points that shall
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