IGU told to pay relief for ‘harassment’

IGU told to pay relief for ‘harassment’

Tribune News Service

Rewari, April 22

State Information Commissioner (SIC) Yoginder Paul Gupta has directed Indira Gandhi University (IGU) to pay Rs 3,000 as compensation to an appellant for harassment he had suffered in obtaining the requisite information under the RTI Act.

In his judgment, the SIC observers that the method of keeping records of the university is also dismal and the appellant is suffering due to negligence of the university. The observation was made after university officers submitted that no record pertaining to the information sought by the appellant was available, said sources.

Taking a serious note of such submission, the commission has directed the deemed State Public Information Officer (SPIO), Prof Shri Krishan, to file an affidavit affirming therein that this record is not available in the university.