The appellant has requested the certified rate-list of existing annual land lease/compensation rates per Acre per Annum of all categories / phases i.e. producing phase, drilling phase, settled, unsettled lands etc of all the regions/districts/fields or otherwise under the Administration Control of OGDCL throughout Pakistan and the Annual land lease/compensation enhancement Agreement (duly enhanced after every three years) reached between Field Manager OGDCL Gas field Qaderpur/OGDCL Officers, Committee & Land Owners of Qaderpur Gas Field in the year 2002/2003.
The respondent public body in the written reply has disputed the maintainability of appeal challenging the locus standi of the appellant in the preliminary objections while on merits has claimed the exemption from disclosure of the requested information under sections 16(d)(ii)(iii) and (g)(i)(ii) of the Act.
The Managing Director, Oil & Gas Development Company Limited is directed to provide the requested information to the appellant forthwith but not later than seven days of the receipt of this order.