APIC imposes penalty

ITANAGAR, Nov 21: The Arunachal Pradesh Information Commission (APIC) has imposed a penalty of Rs 25,000 on Public Information Officer (PIO)-cum-Executive Engineer Deomali Electrical Division, Department of Power, Tami Jerang for refusing to furnish information to an appellant.
The Commission further directed the PIO to appear before the Commission on December 18 next and informed that in case of failure to comply with its order, the Commission shall take necessary action against the PIO under relevant section of the Right to Information Act.