State Info Commissioner orders probe against NMC deputy chief for erring on RTI

Nagpur | Monday | 16th July, 2018

Summary:

SIC also also asked city civic commissioner to conduct probe against erring deputy commissioner Sanjay Kakde for the latter’s failure to attend the hearings in this regard. However despite repeated summons, the deputy commissioner of NMC remained absent from the hearing. Acting on this, SIC in its order dated December 15, 2015, directed the municipal commissioner to reprimand his deputy. The commission also directed NMC to pay compensation of Rs1,000 to Shah and provide her the required information in seven days. Nagpur: Expressing its dissatisfaction over failure of Nagpur civic body to provide requisite information under Right to Information act to an activist, the State Information Commissioner has ordered NMC deputy commissioner to compensate the applicant with Rs 1000 and provide desired information within seven days..