Admittedly the appellant is a former contractual employee of Inter Board Committee of Chairmen. He was imposed major penalty of dismissal from service on the charges of Corruption and Misconduct. It is also alleged in the written reply and during the arguments that the appellant was penalised for about five years for being involved in crime and after his release from jail he is availing his remedies for the restoration of his service from the court/forums of competent jurisdiction. The public body has denied the access to the desired information/record for the reason of malice on the part of the appellant for having locked horns with the department. It is also apprehended that the disclosure would prejudice the proceedings in the courts as such is exempted u/s 16 of the Act.
This Commission partly allowed the appeal and directed the Assistant Secretary, Inter Board Committee of Chairmen, Islamabad to provide the appellant the requested information except the Letter No.F.1-1/2011-SR-JS(CCI) dated 23.01.2013 mentioned at serial No. 3 of the request, forthwith but not later than five days of the receipt of this order.