{"id":219942,"date":"2019-09-24T17:00:39","date_gmt":"2019-09-24T11:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=219942"},"modified":"2019-09-26T13:11:07","modified_gmt":"2019-09-26T07:41:07","slug":"chh-hc-information-supplied-after-statutory-period-of-delay-caused-penalty-to-be-imposed-under-sub-section-1-s-20-of-rti-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2019\/09\/24\/chh-hc-information-supplied-after-statutory-period-of-delay-caused-penalty-to-be-imposed-under-sub-section-1-s-20-of-rti-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Chh HC | Information supplied after statutory period of delay caused penalty, to be imposed under sub-section (1) S. 20 of RTI Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Chhattisgarh High Court: <\/strong>Goutam Bhaduri, J. imposed a penalty under Section 20 of the Right to Information Act, 2005 due to delay in the information sought by the seeker.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the present case, Counsel for the petitioner Shalvik Tiwari submitted that the petitioner sought information in respect to the following:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><em>In the primary health centre Banji, Khogapani, Behrasi, Banjaridad, Bhaiswar and other primary health centers different amounts were received by the Chief Medical &amp; Health Officer, particulars of the amount so received and the date thereof was sought for.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Primary health center as to what equipments were purchased for how much amount?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Copy of the cash-book from November, 2008 till 28-03-2009 i.e. the date of application.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Counsel submits that, no information was provided to the petitioner within a period of 30 days from such request; therefore petitioner preferred an appeal under Section 19(1) of the Right to Information Act, 2005.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The above-stated appeal remained unanswered for a period of 45 days and lastly, the second appeal was filed before the Commission under Section 19(1) of the Right to Information Act, 2005.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Further, it was contended that Commission directed respondent 3 to provide a certified copy of the required documents. From the date of initial application, until the final documents\/information was supplied, approximately 23 months of delay was caused. Therefore, penalty as required under sub-section (1) of Section 20 of the Act, 2005 should be imposed on the respondents.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Counsel, Shyam Sundar Lal Tekchandani, represented respondent 1 and Sudeep Verma, Dy. GA for the State represented respondents 2 and 3.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On perusal of the record, it is evident that the initial application seeking information was made under Section 6 of the Act, 2005. No information was supplied within 30 days as contemplated under sub-section (1) of Section 7 of the Act, 2005.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is also observed with the entire facts with order-sheets of the second appeal shows that the information as sought for were supplied to the petitioner quite late. The entire course would reveal that there has been almost a delay of 23 months with respect to the information sought for and eventually satisfaction arrived by the seeker.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <strong>statutory requirement under sub-section (1) of Section 20, the legislation has used the word \u2018shall\u2019 for imposing the penalty. <\/strong>However, the outer limit has been fixed of Rs 25,000.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the present case, since the delay has been caused of about 23 months, as a result, respondents 2 and 3would be required to pay a penalty of Rs 25,000, which may be imposed under sub-section (1) of Section 20 of the Act, 2005.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Court also added that, since the information was not provided as per the requirement of the statute, the respondent 3 would be required to pay an amount of Rs 25,000 which shall be deposited with the treasury within a period of 3 months. [Rajesh Kumar Patel v. 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