KHADC receives highest penalty
SHILLONG: There were 12 numbers of penalties imposed on officers during the year 2015 for failing to provide the required information under RTI Act as per the 10th annual report 2015 of Meghalaya Information Commission tabled in the Assembly on Friday.
The Commission has been empowered to impose penalties in accordance with the provisions laid down under Section 20 (1) of the RTI Act, 2005.
The amount of compensation paid ranged from Rs 1,000 to Rs 25,000.
The public information officers who were fined are D Khongiong, T.M Pyngrope, C.P Gotmare and O Ropmay from the Education Department; and L.L Mawnai from the Health Department.
The Non-conventional and Rural Energy development agency of the State government at Mawpat has been slapped three penalties between Rs 1,000 and Rs 4,500. The joint director of food and civil supply, the DSP of CID (Shillong headquarters), K Prasad of East Khasi Hills, Simseng A Sangma were also fines. However, the department that got the highest penalty is the Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council in Shillong at Rs 25,000.
The RTI Act states that the Central Information Commission or the State Information Commission is liable to penalty if they provide incorrect, incomplete or misleading information.