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CIC – pro-disclosure order on Land Acquisition Ordinance
Central Information Commission has given a prodisclosure order and directed the rural development ministry to divulge Cabinet note, file notings and all government communication on the controversial Land Acquisition Ordinance under the Right to Information (RTI ) Act In separate applications,
RTI activist Venkatesh Nayak and journalist Chitrangada Choudhury had sought copies of Cabinet note, file notings and all communication within the government leading up to the promulgation of the controversial Ordinance, which has now lapsed. Though the department of land resources under rural development ministry was the nodal agency for the move, it had denied information saying it held no such records.
Hearing the plea of the applicants last week, Information Commissioner Sudhir Bhargava directed the government to provide the information.
“The Commission after hearing the submissions of the complainant and perusing the records, notes that the information sought has not been provided by the respondent to the complainant. Further, as per the Legislative Department, the records relating to the promulgation of the said Ordinance would be available with the Department of Land Resources. In view of this, the Commission directs the respondent to provide information sought to the complainant within four weeks, from the date of receipt of a copy of this decision under intimation to the commission.” Mr. Bhargava said in his order
