KIC160COM2014 INFORMATION COMMISSION (CH.3) www.kic.gov.in No.14l3,First Floor, Sri Aravind Bhavan [Mythic Society],Nrupathunga Road, Bangalore. (Sri.H.GaneshKamath Vs Public Information Officer, RangeForest Officer, Zone,Kundapur Post,, District.)

ORDER t7-9-14 l. Petitioneris absent. Sri.G.Lohita,RFO represents respondent Sri.Sattishbabu, ACF andPIO, KundapurSub-Division, Kundapur Taluk, .

2. In his requestfor informationdated 12-7-13 petitioner sought for informationon thefollowing : qddod "aod dS" deo3eoo$3idlood :rll&d 06/cr.drd/2011-12Ooood: 2-7-13 drods ddgeeroodd:doocroabd etoe}gdr, droooaJ:d €dod udd d$d* iouoQ:rd ddddeld d{ ddri adoddJd cso$eirl9 dde-:ntl,dod droberron ddri oedaieron d'oeod:- l) d.oec3e{drga$ dozroo$A u-oo3rorso$Ooddd:ri uod Ooaod: 18-2-l3d dgd Ode'::. 2) ddaaodd: dcoo-ododdeogl, uopJ 'add 6oood: l3-6-l3d dd6o$ dde-:r. 3) wd-de.:oJ: edr6osQ6Dod;ooadod uoaj odJri $d dqr, u{ oead dd6o$ dde.rr. "ddr aarlo gid: nos3, 4 abq 5 deJ d.oeod drobg."(erdQ: 20ll-12)

g-1-14to 3. Statingthat no informationis provided,petitioner filed complainton the Commission underSection l8(l) of theAct. Commission issued Notice on 4-8-14.

4. Petitionerfiled RTI applicationto the RFO, KundapurRange. Along with RTI application petitionersent IPO worth Rs.200/-towards initial feesand informationfees. RFO returnedthe IPO of Rs.200/-to petitionerandasked him to sendinitial feesof Rs.l0/- in the form of IPO. Accordingly,petitioner sent IPO for Rs.10/-on23-7-13 to RFO. RFO is not the PIO and he should not have returned IPO for Rs.200/-to petitioner. RFO should have forwarded RTI applicationalong with the saidIPO to ACF, KundapurSub-Division, who is the PIO for all officesin his Sub-Divisionlimits. Thereafter,on 27-7-13ACF wrotea letterto RFO to collect informationfees at the rate of Rs.2/- per page from petitionerand provide informationto petitioner.After this, neitherRFO nor ACF informedthe petitionerthe exactinformation fees to be remitted by petitionerfor informationand also they did not provide information. Aggrievedby this petitionerfiled complaintto Commissionrequesting information, etc. After receiptofNotice from the Commission,Sri.Lohita, RFO andAPIO, KundapurRange, has sent informationto petitioneron 2-8-14to the petitioner. 3. On the whole both RFO and ACF unnecessarilyharassed the petitionerand did not provide informationto petitionertill receiptof noticeform thb Commission,for which bothare wamed severely. 6. A copy of this is markedto DCF, KundapurDivision, for informationand to give appropriate instructionto both RFO and ACF and see that both of them provide information to RTI applicantspromptly, in future. 1 Sinceinformation sought for hasbeen provided, the caseis disposedof ashaving been allowed. 8. Dictated,draft corrected,signed and pronouncedin the openCourt on lTthSeptember 2014. n hr1 lctttt^ (M.R.PUJAR) STATEINFORMATION COMMISSIONER Addressesof the Parties: Krcl60cou20l4 Krcl60coM20t4 Sri.Sattishbabu, Sri. H.GaneshKamath, Asst.Conservatorof Forestand S/o H. MohandasKamath, Public InformationOffi cer, Kodi BeachRoad, KundapurSub-Division, Koteshwargrama& Post, KundapurTaluk, Udupi District. KundapurTaluk, U dupi-576222. PIN : 576201

KICt60COM20l4 Krcl60coM2014 Sri.G.Lohith, Dy.Conservatorof Forest, RFO, KundapurRange, KundapurDivision, Kundapur4Udupi District. Kundapur,Udupi District. PIN : 576201 PIN : 576201

l. Public Information Officer must mention his full name, address and telephone/mobile number in all communicationsconcerning RTI. 2. All parties must mention the case-number in all communications relating to this case, whether addressedto the Commissionor othelpe.rsons.