Chandigarh, Nov 13 || In a significant decision, the Punjab State Information Commission has disposed of 75 second appeals filed by a single appellant, Gurmej Lal, of Ludhiana, for seeking voluminous and unspecific information from multiple public authorities across the state.
Commission Chairman Inderpal Singh Dhanna said Information Commissioner Sandeep Singh Dhaliwal, while pronouncing the order, observed that the appellant had been granted multiple opportunities to reframe his Right to Information (RTI) applications in a specific and point-wise manner as per the provisions of the RTI Act, 2005.
However, despite repeated directions issued through several interim orders, the appellant failed to comply.
The commission noted that the appellant's RTI applications were largely template-based, containing repetitive and non-specific queries, which not only involved third-party records but also required collation of extensive data across departments.