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M E R I E I N Fo RMA' o N co M rssroN ;;r"* ;;;;;;;;;;.;;;;M B EG r, srArE cH F Dated, ltanagar the l-2th January' 2O2l No.APlC-12012020

Under Section 19(3) RTI Act, 2005

Respondent Appellant Sri RuPir Siboh Nikhil Pareek, Shri PIO-cum-Co, Vihar, 612l Batra O/o DePutY Commissioner' Military Station 734424' Bengdubi Vt Hawai, oistl Darielling, Aniaw District, Bengal. West '

January' 2O2l' Dated of hearing held on: 12th

ORDER

has been received from Shri Section 1.9(3) of RTI Act, 2005 Whereas, an appea| under Bengal 734424, Dist' Darjelling' west Bengdubi Mifitary station Nikhif pareek, 6r2tBatraVihar, commissioner' pubric Information officer, o/o Deputy of information, nfrne for non_furnishing under section 6(1) of RTI pradesh, as sought, by the Appellant Hawai, , Arunachal Act, 2005 on t3lo7l2Dt9' on on*ne video / audio conference hearing was herd through whereas, the 1rt Olo Deputy Commissioher' Hawai' Rupir SiUofr, the PIO-cum-tO' l.0thNovember'2020.Shri through audio conferencing and pradesh, attended the hearing onrin" Anjaw District, Rrunachar video conferencing' The Plo pareek .pp".r"a in the t."riig through the Apperant srrri Nikhir with a forwarding letter No' a iipv of RTr Appric.,iJn along informed the commission that was served to the Dated Hawai, ir,. zg" iugust'2019 ANJ/GA(RT rr-oo46rzot3-rgrr4o44-4; the information sought by the District (Ap) and asked to furnish circle officer Kibithoo, Anjaw similarly' a copy of RTI was furnished to the Appellant' The repry of the circre officer Hawai' the 3'd Apperant. rors-tgtl795-99 Dated with a retter.. No.AN,/Gntn't-oiz (AP) and Application arong porice station Khupa, Anjaw District to the officer rn-charge, June,2020 *., ,Jru"d the reply of the officer ln-charge sought by the npp.tt.nt and asked to furnish the information was also furnished to the Appellant' TheAppe||antinformedtheCommissionthathehasservedintheeasternpartofto know the missing some reriabre source he came pradesh years back and through he Arunachar The Appellant submitted that of ribithoo, n.ri th. china boarder. of a person trom ahead the person went missing' person and exact place from where not know the name of the Kibithoo and the does got trr" ,"pri", of t'," circle officer' informed that he has has The Apperant arso In-charge, porice Station Khupa porice rhupa rhlough, the officer rn_charge, station has informed that officer but the circle officer, Kibithoo there is no such missing report traced informed that so, the information may be in tr.,. ADC Hayuliang office. the information may be available out from the ADc Hayuling office' contd..p..2 -2-

the FAA whereas, the commission viewed that the Appellant has not made appeal to withintheprescribedtime|imitasstipulatedu/s19(1)oftheRT|Act2005.Moreover,the not know the exact name information sought by the Appellant is not clear. The Appellant does person has been missing and the of the missing person, ,nu ih" exact place from where the sought dates back almost 20 exact year when the person went missing. Also, the information Pradesh the records which years. In the remote ptace like Kibitho, Anjaw District, Arunachal dates back almost 20 years may not be available' parties and giving reasonable However, after hearing the argument of both the opportunity,theCommissiondirectedtheP|otogetawrittenclarificationfromtheADC HayuIiang,AnjaWDistrict,ArunachaIPradeshregardingtheinformationsoughtbytheAppe||ant intheForm-A,andfurnishthe|ettertotheAppe||antwitnintendaysfromthedateofissueofPro to forward a iil;;;: i.;l;;i"," ,o;; ,"*mber,2020. rhe commission atso directed the copy to the Commission' on 8th through online video / audio conference Whereas, the 2no hearing was held December'2020.ShriRupirSiboh'thePlo-cum-Co'o/oDeputyCommissioner'Hawai'the hearing online through audio District n'unaiftti p"O"'t" attended Anjaw , in the hearing through video the npp"rr.., siri Nikhil Pareek appeared conferencing and the commission he plo the commission that as directed by conferencing. The in?orm"a informed on rz'n.r,rovember'2020. The Appellant has furnished a tetter ,;';;;;iirni *'Olln:: towards China t;O ; i""A one village ahead of the that through Google "t'' the name of the village' The ,Kaho, and he wiil ue seet ing informationiorrecting named dated 10th November'2020 from ;" has received two letters Appellant also informed ;;r, Hayuliang' But' the i.i"l-11,h November'2020 from the ADC the plo and the ,*,"|. to clarify and give details ar'" r"*"r, ., t'" t'., been asked Appellant is not satisfied-ii,r, of the information sought'

Whereas,theCommissiondirectedthe.P|otofurnishtheinformationassoughtbythere is any missing Ott"O t3ll7lzjllg as to whether' the Appellant in tne for'm+' China during the village ahead of Kibithoo towards a civilian i|.o'n tn' report of '"'lO-"ni year2000-20019I-!9!-;;Jnot'oaskforfurtherclarificationordetailsfromtheto the Appellant PIO to furnish the information Appellant. The Commiii""'iir".,"J,he the order of the The etO agreed to comply with on or before A"' :t*;'y2020' Commission.

Whereas,the3.dhearingwasheldthroughonlinevideo/audioconferenceonDeputy Commissioner' Hawai' s-U"ft' the pto-cum?o' o/o 12th January'2021' Shri n'p'' video AnjawDistrict,ArunachaIPradesh,attendedthehearingonIinethroughaudioappeared in the hearing through Appellant Shri Nikhil conferencing and the ltfn to an individual "Kheti" pto the commission that pertaining conferencing. The inior."o wasnotfoundintheirofficewhich.hasu""n.onu"v"dvidehis|ettrNo.ANJ/GA-0022(P-was lodged on 25'n January' iJz'' Hot"u"r' a FIR ll)l2o2ol6ot3oatea Hawai the 6'h November,]-ggguvtheeu..tt'.Ritt.,.g.in,t.personnamedShriKhetiMeyorofthewas a matter of which t" not'' missing case' it Kahao village, Kibithoo Circle apprehensionofborderareaandF|RwasregisteredatPS,Khupa,t|avu|iangPSCase to/99uls3(1)/s(1)Jri'tor'"t'"tsAct1923n7wozortr.ct6ltzltsggat1430hrs'so'8(2) of the RTI Act 2005' furnished to the Appellant u/s the information..n-nof i" is from 2000 to information sought by the appellant Moreover, the perioi ior which 2001,i.e.theF|Rregisteredisnotwithinthetime"periodaskedbytheAppe||antinthe Form-A. Contd..P..3 -3-

Secrets Act- Whereas, the Commission made it clear to the PIO that the Official in view of the 1g23 has been superseoed by the RTI Act 2005. However, the commission period as sought by information available are not of a missing person and within the time theAppel|antintheForm-A,decidedtodisposeofthecase.Withgiving|ibertytothe the information' Appeliant to apply a fresh application to the PlO, if he needs

Therefore, the case is hereby disposed of' sd/_ (Dr.Joram Begi) State Chief Information Commissioner Arunachal Pradesh Information Commission Itanagar Dated, ltanagar the )( January'2021 Memo No.APf C-L}O I 2020 | 33 Copy to: '1-. Deputy Commissioner, Hawai' Anjaw Shri Rupir Siboh, the PIO-cum-CO' O/o Pradesh' District , Arunachal station 734424, Dist' pareek giii e^t Vihar, Bengdubi Miritary 2. shri Nikhil , ^ Darje!!ing, ' ltanagar' to upload in APIC Website' 3,--Eafpurer Programmer''APIC' 4. Case file.

Registrar / DY. mmission Arunachal Pradesh I