Summary:
An appeal seeking information on officers who put pictures of the prime minister and finance minister on the Central Information Commission's (CIC) website homepage was termed "frivolous" by the commission before being disposed of. The decision, taken on April 4, by DP Sinha, central information commissioner was on an appeal filed by Pune-based applicant Vihar Durve. He also sought the web link where RTI applications and their replies are uploaded in compliance of the DOPT circular. The PIO's reply merely stated that the CIC and National Informatics Centre (NIC) had put up the pictures. The commission observed that "the appellant is seeking information on frivolous issues and is contesting a particular action of the public authority" before disposing it of..