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The Hindu
16-07-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Information panel orders filing of plaint against RTI petitioner
The Tamil Nadu Information Commission has directed the Kanniyakumari district administration to file a complaint against a petitioner, who used abusive language targetting the Public Information Officer (PIOs). State Information Commissioner R. Priyakumar expressed concern over the behaviour of S. Sudalaimuthupillai of Kanniyakumari, the petitioner who sought an information under the Right to Information Act, 2005. Instead of making good use of the noble Act, some petitioners were misusing the rights and privileges by using harsh and abusive language, which often caused mental agony to the public authorities, restraining them from discharging their duties, he said. Condemning the objectionable words used by the petitioner against the PIO and his family members, Mr. Priyakumar asked the PA (General) to Collector to lodge a complaint with the police and submit the action taken report to the commission within a month.
The Hindu
25-05-2025
- Health
- The Hindu
Commission comes to rescue of man who lost wife to COVID-19
: The Tamil Nadu Information Commission has come to the rescue of a man who lost his wife during the COVID-19 pandemic. While his application seeking ex-gratia was rejected since Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain reaction (RT-PCR) test was not done, the Commission has directed the authorities to produce a copy of the medical report explaining the victim's admission and death. The petitioner, A. Muthu of Chennai, had written to the Greater Chennai Corporation and Chennai Collectorate officials seeking details of 425 applications for ex-gratia that were rejected as RT-PCR tests were not done. The applications were submitted by the kin of people who died due to coronavirus infection, he said. The Public Information Officer and First Appellate Authority rejected his plea filed under the Right to Information Act, 2005, saying the details sought pertained to third party information, and hence could not be disclosed. The petitioner moved an appeal before the TNIC contending his wife Vasantha was one among the 425 people who died due to the virus. He said she was admitted to the Government Stanley Medical College and Hospital with Covid-19 symptoms on May 18, 2020, and passed away 10 days later. After hearing both sides, the State Information Commissioner, P. Thamarai Kannan, agreed with the decision of the public authorities that details of the 425 applications could not be shared as they came under the category of third party information. However, he directed Personal Assistant (General) to the Collector, Chennai, to get a detailed medical report from the Resident Medical Officer of Government Stanley Hospital on the admission of Vasantha, and the treatment provided to her till her death. He warned that disciplinary action would be taken against the Public Information Officer, and suitable compensation awarded to the petitioner, if the information called for was not provided within the stipulated time. Mr. Kannan also directed that a compliance report to the order should be filed before the commission on May 29.
