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Case No. 1164/Enquiry/2009 Date of hearing at CHENNAI on 18.8.2009 Present: Thiru G. RAMAKRISHNAN, IAS (Rtd) State Information Commissioner

Petitioner: Thiru Kannan New No.2 Old No.27, Ist Street Pallavan Nagar, Kamaraj Nagar Post Avadi, Chennai. 600071.

Public Authority Public Information Officer, Taluk Office, Dt. ……….

The petitioner was present and the Public Authority was represented by the PIO / . Head quarters Deputy Tahsildar, Taluk Office, Poonamallee.

The petitioner has made an application under the RTI Act on 22.9.08 to the Tahsildar, Taluk Office, Poonamallee for which the information has been furnished on 21.10.08. Not satisfied with the information furnished, the petitioner is keeping on making representations to various authorities and finally he came on appeal to the Commission on 19.1.09. Though the information has been furnished for all the seven items asked for by the petitioner, the petitioner is not satisfied with the information as the issue involved in this case relates to the classification of a particular piece of land in Survey No. 8, 8/1, 8/2 of Paleripattu village, Poonamallee Taluk. As per the records of the Taluk Office, the above said land is classified as grassing ground poramboke and now it is classified as unassessed waste. The petitioner's contention is that the above classification has been changed as village site poramboke as per the entries in R.Dis. 1996/81/N2 dated 31.5.83. The petitioner produced a copy of the "A" Register in support of his argument. In the "A" Register though it has been noted as grazing ground poramboke as per Collector's proceedings cited above, the entry has not been attested by any authority. Therefore, the Tahsildar, Poonamalle has addressed the Collector, Kancheepuram asking for a copy of the Collector's proceedings and they have even deputed their staff to personally verify in the Collectorate whether such proceedings are available in the Collectorate records. So far no information has been received from the Collector as to whether the above said proceedings were issued by the Collector. The Tahsildar, Poonamallee is directed to personally follow it up, get reply from the Collector and send suitable reply to the petitioner as otherwise the supply of information by the Public Authority will be treated as incomplete.

The District Revenue Officer, Kancheepuram is also directed to verify whether the above said proceedings were issued by the Collector and if so a copy of the proceedings should be sent to the Tahsildar, Poonamalle so as to enable him to send a reply to the petitioner immediately.

The District Revenue Officer and Tahsildar, Poonamallee are directed to send a compliance report to the Commission on the action taken within 15 days from the date of receipt of this Order to the Commission, failing which the Commission will be forced to take penal action under the provisions of the RTI Act.

State Information Commission Orders passe d this d a y 24t h August, 2009. Under the Orders of the Commission

/By order/ Assistant Registrar

The District Revenue Officer, Kancheepuram. The Tahsildar, Taluk Office, Poonamallee Tiruvallur Dt.

Thiru Avadi Kannan New No.2 Old No.27, Ist Street Pallavan Nagar, Kamaraj Nagar Post Avadi, Chennai. 600071.