Disciplinary
proceedings recommended against the PIO by Odisha Information Commission
On
27.7.21, Sri Sunil Kumar Mishra, Odisha State
Chief Information Commissioner recommended
disciplinary proceedings
against Ashis Kumar Mishra , the
ex- PIO of the office of the Executive
Engineer, Drainage Division, Puri, presently
working in the office of the Executive Engineer, Drainage Division
of Jagatsingh Pur to the Engineer-in-Chief , Water Resources,
Government of Odisha under section 20(2) of the RTI Act.
On
dated 9.11.16, Pradip Pradhan had
submitted RTI Application to the
PIO, Office of Water Resources , Bhubaneswar seeking
information about details of Construction and Repair
of Drainage Canal in Delang, Kanas, Nimapara, Satyabadi and Gop block of Puri district.
On 1.12.16, the PIO, transferred RTI application to the PIO, office of Chief
Engineer, Drainage, Gandarpur, Cuttack-3 to provide information. On 29.11.16
and 14.12.26, the PIO, office of Chief Engineer, Drainage, Gandarpur, Cuttack-3
transferred RTI application twice to the PIO, office of Executive Engineer,
Drainage Division, Puri to provide me the information. Finding denial of
information, First Appeal dt. 8.3.17
was filed before First Appellate
Authority, office of the Executive Engineer, Drainage Division, Puri seeking
direction to the PIO to supply the information. The FAA neither heard my case
nor directed the PIO to provide me the information.
On
22.5.2017, Second Appeal was filed in the
office of Odisha Information
Commission to hear the case and
direct the PIO to supply the information and impose penalty on PIO
under section 20 of the RTI Act.
The Second Appeal Case was
registered as SA No. 1266/2017. The Hearing of the
SA case started in 2019 by Chief Information Commissioner and
ended on 27.7.21. The
Commission heard the six
times and directed
the PIO Sri Asish Kumar
Mishra to file reply to
show-cause notice issued
to him. Finding no
response from him, the
Commission recommended disciplinary
proceedings against Sri Asish Kumar Mishra, PIO
to the EIC, Water Resources, Government
of Odisha and submit
compliance report within 3 months of the receipt of the order.
It
deserves to mention here that earlier in two cases i.e, S.A. Case no. 1724/2014
( disposed on 8.12.2017) and Compliant Case No. 424/2016 ( disposed
on 22.6.20) , the Commission had
imposed highest penalty Rs. 25,000.00 each on
the said PIO for
denial of information under RTI
Act.
Pradip Pradhan
RTI Activist
M-9937843482
Date-4.11.21
