CIC directs IB to disclose report on IFS Officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi [Read Order]

The Central Information Commission on Thursday directed the Intelligence Bureau to provide its report in relation to the false cases filed against IFoS Officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi by corrupt officers exposed by him during his term as DFO in Haryana, ruling that the report does not contain information excluded from the purview of the Right to Information Act by Section 24 which exempts. The Central Information Commission on Thursday directed the Intelligence Bureau to provide its report in relation to the false cases filed against IFoS Officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi by corrupt officers exposed by him during his term as DFO in Haryana, ruling that the report does not contain information excluded from the purview of the Right to Information Act by Section 24 which exempts intelligence and security organizations. Ordering a certified copy of the report to be provided to Mr. Chaturvedi, Information Commissioner Prof. Sridhar Acharyulu observed, “The public authorities exempted under s 24 cannot use it to stonewall all RTI requests indiscriminately. In the said case, a junior officer of an All India Service was harassed through all the means available with the concerned authorities of the State Government, which include frequent transfers, long spells without posting, arbitrary suspension, issuing a fabricated charge-sheet, keeping the charge-sheet pending for long period to stall the promotion, registration of false cases, spoiling the ACR, etc., only for doing his statutory duties.” It noted that in spite of several requests by the Centre, the Haryana Government did not take action against the officials, whose corrupt activities were pointed out by Mr. Chaturvedi.