Acting Chief Information Commissioner Shree Acharya and Information Commissioner Sabita Bhandari, today directed to provide information to the petitioners as per the Right to Information Act or to reply at the Commission within seven days by clarifying why the information cannot be given.
Taranath Dahal and Sanjeev Ghimire had filed the case from the Freedom Forum and RTI Support Centre on October 11 at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers demanding the details of report as per Clause 3 of the Right to Information Act 2064 BS.
According to Freedom Forum, Information Officer of the Office of the Prime Minister and Under Secretary Shanker KC refused to provide the report saying the information violates the individual secrecy, creates threat to personal life, property, health and security.
Dahal and Ghimire had filed the case demanding the information saying the persons, who are holding public positions, have intended to hide corruption through negligence in providing information of property that was earned abusing the authority of the post.
Meanwhile, National Information Commission has sought clarification with the Election Commission for not appointing information officer even though it was a public body.
Dahal and Ghimire had filed the application at the Information Commission on January 9 as the EC had responded them that it could not provide the information for the office has no information officer.
It is reported that they sought the information on which parties and candidates submitted the details of the election expenses and which did not.
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