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CIC Castigates ISRO For Denying Information
New Delhi, India (PTI) Jun 10, 2008 The Central Information Commission has castigated the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for taking a stand that information relating to the Defence Ministry was not a public activity, and asked it to reveal the details to an RTI applicant. "The stand taken in the hearing by respondents (ISRO) that matters concerning the Ministry of Defence do not concern public activity is absurd. Are we to infer thereby that in the view of the department of space, all that the Ministry of Defence is occupied with is private activity," asked the Chief Information Commissioner Wajahat Habibullah. The Commission directed the ISRO to re-examine the plea of Delhi resident Harish V Shankar, seeking information on 17 counts pertaining to the relationship between Semiconductor Complex Ltd (SCL) and Director General Married Accommodation Project (DGMAP). To Shankar's queries, the department of space had denied the details, citing exemptions under the RTI Act and taking a stand that the information sought had no relationship to any public activity or interest. "When asked specifically as how the question -- Is SCL associated with DGMAP -- is found exempted, he (officer concerned) stated that this concerns the Ministry of Defence and, therefore, was not information concerning any public activity," the Commission noted. Referring to a decision of the Delhi High Court, Habibullah said that access to information under the RTI Act was the rule and exemptions are an exception. The Commission asked the ISRO to provide the information to the RTI applicant within 30 days with a direction that matters concerning Defence Ministry should be transferred to the ministry for disposal.
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