APIC imposes penalty on exectuive engineers

ITANAGAR, Jun 22: The Arunachal Pradesh Information Commission has imposed a penalty of Rs. 25,000 onWest Kameng district Electrical Division Executive Engineer (Elect) cum-Public Information Officer (PIO)Phurpa Wangyal for deliberately defying the order of the Commission in connection with the appeal case no. APIC-261/2017 made by appellant Ram Veo and Kullu Bagang.
The commission has directed the PIO to deposit the said penalty amount in favour of the Registrar, Arunachal Pradesh Information Commission (APIC) Itanagar on or before 24 July, 2018 and appear before it on the same day and submit information as sought by the appellant.
It further said that it would otherwise invoke section 20 (2) of the Right to Information Act, 2005.
The Commission has also imposed similar penalties on Executive Engineer, WRD, Pasighat Division in East Siang district-cum-PIO, Tamo Jamoh and Upper Subansiri district PWD, Nacho Division Executive Engineer-cum-PIO for deliberately defying the order of the Commission in connection with the appeal case no. APIC-107/2018 made by appellant Shoney Pertin and appeal case no. APIC-96/2018 made by appellant LG Nalo respectively.
The APIC has also directed both of them to appear before the Commission on or before 24 July,2018 along with information as sought for by the respective appellants.