Arunachal Pradesh Information Commission(APIC) serves notice on public information officers (PIO)s

Itanagar: The Arunachal Pradesh Information Commission (APIC) has issued notices directing the Yupia water resources department (WRD) division executive engineer (EE), the Mechukha PWD division EE, the Daporijo PWD division EE, the Pasighat textile & handicraft deputy director, the Ziro textile & handicraft deputy director and the land management joint director here, to appear before the commission’s court with all the information sought by the appellants during the hearing re-fixed on November 21 next.

These officers are the public information officers (PIO) of their respective departments.

“Prima facie, the commission is of the opinion that the PIOs have without any reasonable cause refused to receive the applications for information or have not furnished information within the specified time under Sub-section (1) of Section 7 of the RTI Act, 2005, or wrongly denied the request for information or knowingly given incorrect, incomplete or misleading information which were the subject matter of the request or obstructed in any manner in furnishing the information,” the APIC stated in its notification.

It said it would invoke disciplinary action under the RTI Act in case the PIOs fail to comply with the order.

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