Tibetan national had sought information regarding the service benefits available to him . He had enjoyed privileges \u00a0as a Tibetan refugee with an identity card as a Tibetan .Public information officer ( PIO) \u00a0refused information on the ground that the applicant\u2019s nationality is Tibetan\u00a0 therefore information under RTI Act , cannot be provided . The appeal was rejected . On further appeal The Central Information Commissioner (CIC)) directed \u00a0in second appeal to provide the information sought by the RTI applicant . Simultaneously , the CIC also issued notice to the PIO\u00a0 for levy of maximum penalty . \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The PIO filed the writ petition against the said order , \u00a0the Court held that\u00a0 restricting the right to information only to citizens\u00a0 would be contrary to the spirit of the Constitution as well as RTI Act . Section 3 have to be read as positive recognition \u00a0of right in favour of citizens but not as prohibition against non -citizens . Court also held that the approach of public Information Officer (PIO) refusing to give information to RTI applicant cannot be faulted to such a great extent as to be considered as malicious and mala fide merely on ground that information was initially rejected as RTI applicant had declared\u00a0 himself to be Tibetan national . Finding of CCI that PIO\u2019s conduct was mala fide and \u00a0imposition of penalty was not sustainable. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0( W.P.(C) No. 2670 of 2017 dt . 13 -3 -2023 )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Right to Information Act , 2005 .<\/p>\n
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