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Information in respect of ex-employees of LIC who were denied salary arrears under wage revision Rule-2010 etc. was sought - CIC: Collating & compiling of information on all India basis would disproportionately divert the resources of the public authority 30 Apr, 2015
ORDER 1. The appellant, Shri Sunny Chhabra, submitted RTI application dated 12.10.2013 Central Public Information Officer (CPIO), LIC of India, New Delhi seeking information in respect of ex-employees of LIC of India who have been denied salary arrears under wage revision Rule-2010, among all those employees, how many employees were in the court against the order of denial and how many ex-employees have been reimbursed their claim after appeal in any court or by any other way. 2. The CPIO vide letter dated 21.10.2013 informed the appellant that no ex-employee of Northern Zonal Office had been denied salary arrears under Wage Revision 2010. The information relating to employees of LIC of India working in all India (under all the 2048 branches, 113 Divisions and other 7 Zonal Offices) was not available. Therefore, collecting and collating this information from all the CPIOs would divert the resources of the public authority and hence could not be provided as allowed u/s 7(9) of the RTI Act. Dissatisfied with the reply of the CPIO, the appellant preferred an appeal on 17.11.2013 before the FAA. The FAA vide his order dated 28.11.2013 concurred with the reply of the CPIO. 3. Thereafter the appellant filed second appeal before the Commission. 4. The matter was heard by the Commission. The appellant did not attend the hearing inspite of a written notice having been sent to him. The respondents stated that as per instructions for implementation of the LIC of India Development Officers (Revision of Terms and Conditions of Service) Amendment Rules, 2010 issued by LIC of India, Central Office, Mumbai dated 11.10.2010, the employees whose resignation had been accepted on or before the date of notification irrespective of whether they are relieved or not or whose services had been terminated under LIC of India during the period between 1.8.2007 and 8.10.2010 (both days inclusive) shall not be eligible for the arrears on account of this revision. They added that they had provided information about the Northern Zonal Office and collecting and collating information from 17 Divisions of Northern Zone, 113 Divisions all over the country will result in disproportionate diversion of resources, particularly when each division had its independent CPIO. 5. Having considered the submissions of the parties and on perusing the relevant documents on file, the Commission holds that information pertaining to LIC of India, Northern Zonal Office had been provided to the appellant. Collating and compiling of information pertaining to employees of LIC of India on all India basis would disproportionately divert the resources of the public authority and attract the provisions of Section 7(9) of the RTI Act. The appellant did not attend the hearing to point-out any deficiencies in the information provided by the respondents. The appeal is disposed of. (Manjula Prasher) Information Commissioner Citation: Shri Sunny Chhabra v. LIC of India in Appeal: No. CIC/MP/A/2014/000433
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Dear long-suffering, resigning ex-employees,
I felt a sense of deja vu on reading this judgment. It was similar to the one that I got to my RTI second appeal.
If we send RTI applications to each and every office of LIC, we will all become old and reach our graves, before we can elicit any information from the recalcitrant LIC management.
And this is just about the information! ☺Payment of arrears, etc. will probably remain a pipe-dream.
Get ready to take this battle into our next lives, that is if we are reborn as human-beings!
Till then, of course, we will fight tooth and nail, till our last breaths.
COME WHAT MAY! NEVER SAY DIE! NEVER GIVE UP!
ZINDAGI KE SAATH BHI, ZINDAGI KE BAAD BHI!
Priya
RTI Foundation of India
Information in respect of ex-employees of LIC who were denied salary arrears under wage revision Rule-2010 etc. was sought - CIC: Collating & compiling of information on all India basis would disproportionately divert the resources of the public authority 30 Apr, 2015 ORDER 1. The appellant, Shri Sunny Chhabra, submitted RTI application dated 12.10.2013 Central Public Information Officer (CPIO), LIC of India, New Delhi seeking information in respect of ex-employees of LIC of India who have been denied salary arrears under wage revision Rule-2010, among all those employees, how many employees were in the court against the order of denial and how many ex-employees have been reimbursed their claim after appeal in any court or by any other way. 2. The CPIO vide letter dated 21.10.2013 informed the appellant that no ex-employee of Northern Zonal Office had been denied salary arrears under Wage Revision 2010. The information relating to employees of LIC of India working in all India (under all the 2048 branches, 113 Divisions and other 7 Zonal Offices) was not available. Therefore, collecting and collating this information from all the CPIOs would divert the resources of the public authority and hence could not be provided as allowed u/s 7(9) of the RTI Act. Dissatisfied with the reply of the CPIO, the appellant preferred an appeal on 17.11.2013 before the FAA. The FAA vide his order dated 28.11.2013 concurred with the reply of the CPIO. 3. Thereafter the appellant filed second appeal before the Commission. 4. The matter was heard by the Commission. The appellant did not attend the hearing inspite of a written notice having been sent to him. The respondents stated that as per instructions for implementation of the LIC of India Development Officers (Revision of Terms and Conditions of Service) Amendment Rules, 2010 issued by LIC of India, Central Office, Mumbai dated 11.10.2010, the employees whose resignation had been accepted on or before the date of notification irrespective of whether they are relieved or not or whose services had been terminated under LIC of India during the period between 1.8.2007 and 8.10.2010 (both days inclusive) shall not be eligible for the arrears on account of this revision. They added that they had provided information about the Northern Zonal Office and collecting and collating information from 17 Divisions of Northern Zone, 113 Divisions all over the country will result in disproportionate diversion of resources, particularly when each division had its independent CPIO. 5. Having considered the submissions of the parties and on perusing the relevant documents on file, the Commission holds that information pertaining to LIC of India, Northern Zonal Office had been provided to the appellant. Collating and compiling of information pertaining to employees of LIC of India on all India basis would disproportionately divert the resources of the public authority and attract the provisions of Section 7(9) of the RTI Act. The appellant did not attend the hearing to point-out any deficiencies in the information provided by the respondents. The appeal is disposed of. (Manjula Prasher) Information Commissioner Citation: Shri Sunny Chhabra v. LIC of India in Appeal: No. CIC/MP/A/2014/000433
Read more at: http://www.rtifoundationofindia.com/information-respect-ex-employees-lic-who-were-deni#.XUPrEG1R21s
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Dear long-suffering, resigning ex-employees,
I felt a sense of deja vu on reading this judgment. It was similar to the one that I got to my RTI second appeal.
If we send RTI applications to each and every office of LIC, we will all become old and reach our graves, before we can elicit any information from the recalcitrant LIC management.
And this is just about the information! ☺Payment of arrears, etc. will probably remain a pipe-dream.
Get ready to take this battle into our next lives, that is if we are reborn as human-beings!
Till then, of course, we will fight tooth and nail, till our last breaths.
COME WHAT MAY! NEVER SAY DIE! NEVER GIVE UP!
ZINDAGI KE SAATH BHI, ZINDAGI KE BAAD BHI!
Priya
