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TMI Blog2018 (5) TMI 524X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ts the Respondent to furnish the broad details of income and expenditure to the Complainant within a period of 15 days from the date of receipt of this order. Complaint disposed off. - CIC/MOFIN/C/2017/311791/CCEDL-BJ - - - Dated:- 23-4-2018 - Bimal Julka Information Commissioner ORDER FACTS: The Complainant vide his RTI application sought information on 09 points (A to I) regarding details and copies of monthly expenses, bills/ statements of GSTN from April, 2014 till the date of providing information, details of the expenditure / purchase made for an amount above ₹ 50,000/- from 01.04.2014 till date, name of the officer from whom the said articles were purchased or services provided, etc. The CPIO and VP-Legal v ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... y minor details of the logistics and infrastructural support which was not feasible to be provided. During the hearing, the Complainant volunteered to seek information pertaining to the purchases made above ₹ 5/- lakh. The Respondent however, reiterated his constraints to furnish the same. On a query from the Commission whether the detailed accounts were prepared and published by GSTN, he feigned ignorance and vaguely submitted that to the best of his knowledge, the statement of accounts had been prepared till 2015-2016. He was not aware of the audited reports or annual reports submitted by the said authority. The Commission desired that the broad income and expenditure statement prepared by the Public Authority should be posted on it ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... rvals through various means of communications, including the Internet, so that the public need not resort to the use of RTI Act. The Commission also observed the Hon ble Delhi High Court ruling in WP (C) 12714/2009 Delhi Development Authority v. Central Information Commission and Another (delivered on: 21.05.2010), wherein it was held as under: 16.It also provides that the information should be easily accessible and to the extent possible should be in electronic format with the Central Public Information Officer or the State Public Information Officer, as the case may be. The word disseminate has also been defined in the explanation to mean - making the information known or communicating the information to the public through notice ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... alia: i) the procedure followed in the decision making process; ii) the norms for the discharge of its functions; iii) rules, regulations, instructions manuals and records used by its employees in discharging of its functions; iv) the manner and execution of subsidy programmes including the amounts allocated and the details of beneficiaries of such programmes; v) the particulars of recipients of concessions, permits or authorizations granted. [see Section 4(1) (b), (iii), (iv), (v); (xii) (xiii)]. B. Suo moto provide to the public at regular intervals as much information as possible [see Section 4(2)]. Above all the Hon ble Supreme Court of India in the decision of R.B.I. and Ors. V. Jayantilal N. ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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