Sunday 6 January 2013

Penalty for delay in providing information- Bombay High court judgement


  Considering these facts the High Court 
held that the petitioner officers are trying to pass 
on  blames  to  each  other  and  they  are  equally 
liable for non supply of information to the citizen 
within the stipulated period and for their lapses, 
the  impugned  order  imposing  a  fine  of  Rs. 
25,000/- is justified.  

Bombay  High  Court
                               High Court of Bombay - W.P. (C) No. 1869 of 
2008, Dated : 24-03- 2008 - Mr. Amar Maruti 
Salunkhe, Petitioner &  Others Vs. SIC, 
respondents.  CORAM : Hon'ble J. N. Patel & 
S. S. Shinde

               
                     
                 
             

                                    
                                       
                                
                                .       Heard.
                                2.      The     Petitioners       have
                                challenged   the  order   dated   23rd
                                January, 2008 passed by the Respondent
                                No.1  imposing  fine   of  Rs.25,000/-
                                (Rs.Twenty  Five Thousand only) on the
                                Petitioner and the Tahasildar with the
                                direction  to  deduct from the  salary
                                payable  in  the month of  March-2008.
                                The  Petitioners  before  us  are  the
                                officers working under the Tahasildar.
                                It is the case of the Petitioners that
                                the  fault does not lie upon them, but
                                on  the superior i.e.  the Tahasildar,

                                 
                                who  has in terms stated and  accepted
                                the  fact that there was a mistake  on
                                the   part  of  the   office  of   The
                                Tahasildar.   The Respondent No.1  has
                                examined  the matter in detail  before
                                fixing  the liability.  Even on review
                                he  found  that the decision taken  by
                                him  was  not wrong.  This finding  of
                                fact is born out from the record.  The
                                liability   has  been   fixed  on  the
                                Petitioner  as well as their  superior
                                officer   of  imposing    fine.    The
                                officers  are trying to pass on blames
                                to each other, but as rightly found by
                                the  Respondent No.1, they are equally
                                liable  for non supply of  information
                                to  the citizen within the  stipulated
                                period  and  for   their  lapses,  the
                                impugned  order  imposing  a  fine  of
                                Rs.25,000/-, is justified.  Therefore,
                                we do not find merits in the petition.
                                The Petition is dismissed.
                                            
                                                   (S.S.SHINDE,J.)


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