Dated 04-05-2007

Name of the Complainant:
Shri Bakul Ch. Nath.

Name of the Public Authority:
Commissioner, GMC, Guwahati.

Neither the complainant nor the Commissioner, GMC present.

Decision of the Commission
1. The Commission has gone through the petition of Shri Bakul Ch. Nath carefully. It appears, the petitioner submitted several petitions before the GMC seeking for information but not a single petition has been disposed of by the GMC and no information was furnished to the petitioner.

2. The Commission noted the absence of the Commissioner, GMC with concern and would like to make it clear that the provision of Section 180) (a) will be applied to compel his presence if he failed to attend the hearing in future. As the petitioner was also absent without intimation, the Commission did not deem it necessary to take recourse to the punitive provisions of the Act against the Commissioner, GMC. It also seemed that the petitioner did not submit any petition to the GMC so far directly under the RTI Act.

3. Therefore, the Commission, on careful consideration of the facts of the case decided to transfer the petition of the petitioner along with the fees under Sec. 6(3) of the RTI Act, 2005, with the direction to the Commissioner, GMC to furnish the information within the stipulated time as laid down under Section 7 of the Act.

Sd/- (R.S. Mooshahary)
Chief Information Commissioner, Assam
Janata Bhawan, Dispur.

Sd/-(Dr. B.K. Gohain)
State Information Commissioner, Assam
Janata Bhawan, Dispur.


Authenticated true copy

(Jiauddin Ahmed)
Secretary, State Information Commission, Assam
Janata Bhawan, Dispur.

CC:
1. Commissioner, GMC, Guwahati. Original petition along with the cheque for Rs.10/- enclosed.
2. Shri Bakul Ch. Nath, Pamruchi Apartment, Flat No.202/A, Takka, Panvel, New Mumbai, Maharashtra
3. MD, AMTRON, Bamunimaidan
4. Office file.


Secretary
State Information Commission, Assam
Janata Bhawan, Dispur.