Oct 11, 2015

Haryana info panel slaps '25,000 fine on two food safety officers

Chandigarh, Oct. 10 -- The Haryana information commission on Friday slapped '12,500 each on two state public information officers (SPIOs)-cum-food safety officers for delay of over a year in providing information to a Gurgaon based applicant.
Information commissioner Hemant Atri, who fined Om Kumar, the then SPIO-cum food safety officer, Bhiwani as well as Shyam Lal, who was also SPIOcum food safety officer, Bhiwani, during different periods, also observed in his order that the two officials had been found to be arrogant, careless, high-headed with no respect for the Right to Information (RTI) Act.
Appellant Mehar Dass had moved an application for information pertaining to samples of milk and milk products taken by the food safety officer.

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