The complainant accompanied by two others present. The Chief Executive Officer as well as APO of his office present.

Both the complainant as well as the Chief Executive Officer, Golaghat Zila Parishad heard. The complainant acknowledges receipt of the information as asked for by him except the copies of the Muster Rolls. The CEO, Zila Parishad submits an affidavit as a reply to the points raised by the complainant and submits that the Muster Rolls are voluminous and can not be photocopied because of their sizes. He submits that initially he did not furnish the information as called for by the complainant as he as well as his office were not aware of the provisions of the Act and also the Zila Parishad authorities passed a resolution for referring the matter to the Government. Now that the provisions of the RTI Act are known to him and to the authorities of Zila Parishad, information as requested by the complainant were furnished to him except copies of the Muster Rolls as these documents are voluminous and unwieldy for photocopy. The complainant alleged that the CEO was very rude towards him during his many visits to his office in connection with obtaining information. He even stated that he was threatened with bodily harm by the henchmen of the CEO. The CEO however denied all such allegations. The Commission advised the complainant that threat of physical harm would constitute an offence under the Indian Penal Code and that he was free to take recourse to legal options.


Decision of the Commission:

The Commission hereby directs that the CEO, Zila Parishad allow the complainant to take copies of the Muster Rolls which are required by the complainant to copy and the copies will be certified by his office and allowed to be taken free of charge. Also if the complainant finds that the information furnished to him is incomplete or misleading he can approach the Commission for further orders.