In the instant Appeal, the record on the file shows that the Respondent demonstrated utter disregard to the provisions of the Act, 2017.
In the instant appeal, the Respondent failed to provide written acknowledgement of the request for information filed by the citizen as required under Section 10 (1) of the Act.
The Respondent also failed in following the procedure enunciated in the Act for acceptance and refusal of request for information laid down in Section 13 (2) of the Act.
The Respondent also failed in adhering to the timeline for responding to the information requests as required under Section 14 (1) and (2) of the Act as the PIO did not respond to the information request at all.
This commission holds that the requested information pertaining to expenditure incurred on 10 billion Tsunami Project is matter of public importance and its disclosure is warranted both by the letter and spirit of the Act, 2017.