{"id":235247,"date":"2020-09-03T10:27:20","date_gmt":"2020-09-03T04:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=235247"},"modified":"2020-09-03T10:27:20","modified_gmt":"2020-09-03T04:57:20","slug":"del-hc-does-disclosure-of-information-with-no-larger-public-interest-amounts-to-invasion-of-privacy-under-s-81j-of-rti-act-hc-elucidates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/09\/03\/del-hc-does-disclosure-of-information-with-no-larger-public-interest-amounts-to-invasion-of-privacy-under-s-81j-of-rti-act-hc-elucidates\/","title":{"rendered":"Del HC | Does disclosure of information with no larger public interest amounts to invasion of privacy under S. 8(1)(j) of RTI Act? HC elucidates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Delhi High Court: <\/strong>A Division Bench of Manmohan and Sanjeev Narula, JJ., held that the attendance record is a part of service record which is a matter between the employee and employer governed by the service rules and come under the category of \u201cpersonal information\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Present appeal is directed against the Single Judge\u2019s Judgment dated 12-05-2020 in WP (C) 8352 of 2018, whereby the appellant\u2019s petition impugning the order passed by respondent 3 declining to furnish the requested information under the Delhi Right to Information Act, 2001 has been rejected.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Appellant had filed the present appeal under the DRTI Act, 2001 before respondent 5 and 6 seeking information pertaining to Geeta Senior Secondary School, Delhi with regard to his attendance record for the period from 2015 to March, 2017 and also of the rest of the staff members serving in the same school.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Further, it has been stated that the copy of the attendance register was provided to him, however, information concerning the other staff members was declined on the ground that information requested was exempted under Section 8(1) of the Right to Information Act, 2005.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hence aggrieved with the above situation, the appeal was filed under Section 7 of the DRTI Act before the Public Grievance Commission (PGC).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Single Judge of this court had dismissed the appeal noting that the appellant had received his personal information and that there was no infirmity in the order refusing to furnish information pertaining to other staff members of the school. Further, he noted that in view of Section 22 of the RTI Act, Section 8(1) (j) and the principle stated therein would apply to the facts of the present matter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Decision<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Bench stated that under Section 7 of the DRTI Act any person aggrieved by an order of the competent authority or any person who has not received any order from the competent authority within 30 working days may appeal to the Public Grievances Commission.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Respondent 3 failed to demonstrate that how respondent 3 could not act as the Appellant Authority. Further, Department of Education categorically stated on record that from 2008 onwards, salary to employees of aided schools is disbursed through the ECS, and therefore, it is not necessary to send a copy of the attendance register along with salary bills for such disbursal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Appellant also sought the attendance record of the other staff members of the School, Court stated that since the said information related to attendance, it would entail revealing medical and personal information of an individual.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Attendance record is part of service record which is a matter between the employee and the employer and ordinarily these aspects are governed by the service rules which fall under the expression \u201cpersonal information\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Court observed that in absence of even a remote connection with any larger public interest, disclosure of the information would be exempted as the same would cause unwarranted invasion of the privacy of the individual under section 8(1) (j) of the RTI Act.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hence, the petition failed to establish that the information sought for is for any public interest, much less \u2018larger public interest\u2019.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Therefore Court declined to entertain the present appeal. 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