This commission holds that the requested information pertaining to the “rules, regulations, criteria, specifications, pre requisites and modus operandi of allotment of land for the establishment of Buss terminal in Islamabad” should not only have been provided to the citizen on his request but it should have been made available on the web site of the Respondent under various provisions pertaining to the proactive disclosure of information as mentioned in Section 5 of “2017 Act”.
This commission holds that if “in the year 2002-2003, the NHA allotted/leased the land for the bus terminals in Jhangi Syedan on Motorway Chowk, Islamabad to Rana Anwar Ahmed”, as claimed by the Appellant, then copy of newspaper advertisement, and the copy of the lease agreement between NHA and Rana Anwar Ahmed be made available to the Appellant and the lease agreement be published on the web site of the Respondent as required under Section 5 (1) (e) of “2017 Act”.
Similarly, Rules and Regulations governing of subletting any portion of the Bus terminal to anyone else is public information and if NIIA and Rana Anwar Ahmed transferred the 50% share of the sand Bus Terminal in the name of Skyways, records pertaining to such transfer are public documents and should have been provided to the Appellant when he filed the request for information along with records pertaining to violations and information about any penal action taken in this matter.