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Government of India Ministry of External Affairs New Delhi

No. E/551/1/2020-RTI 09 June 2020

To: Shri Siddhant Agarwal A 3, Officers Colony Balrampur Chini Mills Ltd, Balrampur, UP- 271202

Subject: Information sought under Right to Information Act, 2005

Sir,

Please refer to your RTI application dated 13 May 2020 addressed to Ministry to RTIcell, Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi, received by this Division on 5 June 2020.

2. The information sought is not available with the undersigned CPIOand the same is being transferred to Surveyor General of India for neccesaryaction at their end.

3. If you are aggrieved with this reply, you may file an appeal to Dr. Amit Telang, Director (East Asia) & Appellate Authority, Ministry of External Affairs, South Block, New Delhi -110001, within a month from the date of receipt of this letter.

Yoursfaithfully,

~ (Karthik G. Iyer) DS() & CPIO Room no. 270 A, South Block, New Delhi - 110001 Telefax:23011356 Email: [email protected]

CCto: 1. Ms. Deepa Jain, Under Secretary (RTI),MEA, New Delhi 2. Shri Harish Mitter, Superintending Surveyor & CPIO,Office of the Surveyor General of India, Hathibarkala Estate, Post Box No 37, Dehradun (Uttarakhand) - 248001 RTI Matter By Email/Speed Post F.No. 13027/05/2019-KIII Government of India Ministry of Home Affairs Department of Jammu, & Affairs *** North Block, New Delhi Dated: 2 tz ..5 .2020 To, Shri Siddhant Agarwal A3, Officers Colony, Balrampur Chini Mills Ltd, Bairampur, Pin:2 71201 [email protected]

Subject-Seeking information under Right to Information Act, 2005 _ Reg.

Sir,

Please refer to your online RTI application bearing Registration No. MHOME/RfE/20102407 dated 13:05.2020 which was received by the undersigned CPTO on 13.05.2020 for providing information under the Right to Information Act, 2005.

2. As far as the undersigned CPIO is concerned, the reply is as under:-

Information sought Reply 1. Are and part of It is informed that the desired information is not available India with the undersigned CPIO_,hence, may be treated as 'NIL'. It is also stated that under the provisions of the RTI Act, 2. If yes then, in Books and Internet 2005, a CPIOI Public Authority is under obligation to we get to know that mount (second provide an applicant only that information which exists in highest in the world) belongs to the records and that which is held by or under the control and China but Mount K2 IS of that authority. located In Gilgit-Baltistan and Gilgit• Baltistan part of India (supporting photos However, the sought information might be available with attached). MEA, Survey of India and Deputy Secretary (LC), Deptt. of Jammu, Kashmir Ladakh Affairs, MHA. Hence, your 3. So I would like to know that RTI application is being transferred to the Under Secretary Mount K2 belongs to India or Pakistan (China) & CPIO, DS(PAK) & CPIO,MEA, and China Superintendent Surveyor & CPIO and Deputy Secretary

(_LC) & CPIO, under Section 6(3) of the RTI Act for I' providing information to you directly.

3. If the applicant wants to appeal against the decision/reply of the undersigned CPIO, he may appeal to the Appellate Authority (Smt. Alaknanda Dayal, Joint Secretary (JKL) MHA, Room No. J 93-A, J st Floor, North Block, New Delhi _ 110001, Tel: 011-23093124, Email:- jsk@nic,in within 30 days of receipt of this letter.

Yours faithfully,

. (ska)~- Director (S) & CPIO Telefax: 011-2309-2696 Email: [email protected] \...-UP-Y io:

YShri Karthik. G Iyear Under Secretary (China) & CPIO Room No. 270-A South Block New Delhi Email: [email protected] for providing the available information, if any, to the applicant directly.

2. Shri Sandeep Kumar, DS(Piv() & CPIO Room No. 146-F, South Block, New Delhi-II Email: [email protected] for providing the available information, if any, to the applicant directly.

3. Shri Harish Mittel', Superintending Surveyor & CPIO, Office of the Surveyor General of India, Hathibarkala Estate, Post Box No.37, Dehradun (Uttarakhand) _ 248001, E• mail:[email protected] for providing the available information, if any, to the applicant directly.

4. Shri Dharmender, Deputy Secretary (LC), Department ofJammu, Kashmir and Ladakh Affairs, Ministry of Horne, North Block New Delhi. ' '. .' 5. SO (IT), WillA.forupdation on IV1!..:r.A'swebsite. 6. SO (RTJ) Cell, MHA 7. PS to Dir (S-JK), MHA, North Block, New Delhi "'~xl;Y/n '1.~~/···'~l~ --"'\.:;r·-····-··.···------~-·-··-·---·---·-·------.._ , ~ I} RTI REQUEST DETAILS (\3fRit3fTt ~cqfcrq...... •..•..•..,.. . ~ ,...... •...... •...... •-.•-...... ••...... ,...... ••.•...'.....••...... ~~ , . MHOME/R/E/20/02407 Registration Number (qufiCfj~ 01~ : Date of Re~~'l"\~..~...... 13i05i2020 ~: Online Receipt Language of Request (~'U English Type of Receipt ~ 'Cfj"f UCPR) : mT1-fm) : ...... -...... , Name fI1+I): Siddhant Agarwal Gender ~: Male •...... ••..•..•...•.•.•..•...... ••••.••••.•••••....•...... •.••...•..•...•....•...... •...•...... •...•...... •..•...... •.•...... •.....•••• Address (t«fI): A3, Officers Colony, Balrampur Chini Mills Ltd, Balrarnpur, Pin:271201

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