Disclosure of curiosity in information below RTI mandatory: Delhi HC

THE DELHI High Court has noticed that the disclosure of curiosity concerning the data being sought by an applicant below the RTI legislation can be mandatory to ascertain their bonafides.
“This court is of the opinion that whenever information is sought under the RTI Act, disclosure of an interest in the information sought would be necessary to establish bonafides of the applicant,” Justice Prathiba M Singh mentioned in a judgment. The single bench added that non-disclosure of curiosity might lead to injustice to a number of different affected individuals whose data is sought.
The courtroom made the remark whereas coping with a petition in search of data with regard to appointments made for Multi-tasking Staff of the Presidential Estate, Rashtrapati Bhavan. While dismissing the petition, the courtroom imposed a price of Rs 25,000 on the petitioner for concealing the truth that his daughter had additionally utilized for the publish. It mentioned that the very fact didn’t discover point out within the petition, and additional famous that perusal of the writ petition reveals that the petitioner himself was earlier working within the
Presidential Estate on an ad-hoc foundation from 2012 to 2017.
“The present writ petition is cleverly quiet about the fact that the petitioner’s daughter had applied for being considered for appointment for the post of Multi-tasking Staff at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. The seeking of above information, especially after the petitioner’s daughter did not obtain employment, clearly points to some ulterior motives,” the order learn.

The applicant, Har Kishan, had sought data concerning appointments in 2018. While he was offered many of the data, his explicit question for data pertaining to residential handle and father’s identify of chosen candidates was declined on the bottom that it was private data.
Section 6(2) of the RTI Act, 2005, states that “an applicant making request for information shall not be required to give any reason for requesting the information or any other personal details except those that may be necessary for contacting him”.