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The appellant was compulsorily retired by the Bank of India and thereafter aggrieved by the action taken, he obtained a favourable order from the Central Government Industrial Tribunal. The order passed by the CGIT was challenged by the Bank of India and while admitting the case, the High Court directed the bank to deposit the amount of arrears ordered by CGIT payable to the appellant with the Registrar through a nationalized bank and secure it for a period of five years. He sought information regarding employees who joined after 01.09.1977, their dates of promotions, their cadre and also their dates of Superannuation. The information was denied as being exempt from disclosure under section 8 (1) (d), (e) and (j) of RTI Act. He claimed the information was needed to ascertain as to whether the junior employee(s) had been promoted and whether he was entitled for higher back wages. The CIC held that the information may be made available to him so that the administration of justice can be delivered by ascertaining as to whether some junior had been promoted in terms of Central Government Industrial Tribunal order and whether he was entitled for higher wages.

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As per section 4 (1)(b) (ix), a public authority is required to suo-moto publish a directory of its officers and employees. Further, section 4 (1)(b) (x) requires the public authority to proactively disclose the monthly remuneration received by each of its officers and employees.

CitationAshok Kumar M Pandya v. CPIO, Bank of India in Second Appeal No. CIC/BKOIN/A/2018/609629, Date: 16.08.2019

Dr. Anuradha Verma (dranuradhaverma@yahoo.co.in) is an expert on RTI matters and has co-authored the books RIGHT TO INFORMATION - LAW AND PRACTICE and PIO’s guide to RTI. Her other articles can be read at the website of RTI Foundation of India at the link: http://www.rtifoundationofindia.com/

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