RTI-Personal information of employee
Vijay Kumar
(Querist) 30 July 2011
This query is : Resolved
Pusuant to an RTI query, health deptt. has directed its employee to furnish information regarding the purchase of immovable property during service.
Whether such kind of personal information falls within the purview of RTI?
what are the options before the employee?
Advocate Rajkumarlaxman
(Expert) 30 July 2011
why not they are asking as to how the porperty was purchased. during service if it was his hard earned money he can very well discloe the smae. and if was a gift or a tranfer from family arrange,ents he can show the same. he can even explaint the sources of mnoney from where he collected for the purchase of property.
R.Ramachandran
(Expert) 30 July 2011
He can give the information to the Department but he can also very specifically state that this information is his personal information and is not to be passed on to any one under any circumstances without his consent. Thus this personal information cannot be made available by the PIO under the RTI to any third party (RTI Applicant).
K.S.Srinivas
(Expert) 31 July 2011
As per government conduct rules, every employee is supposed to submit property retun at the end of the calendar year.
As per the following orders, the property returns filed by the government employee can be accessed by any citizen of india.
CIC/AT/A/2006/00134-10 July, 2006.
[CIC/WB/A/2007/00189 dated 14.5.2008]
[CIC/OK/A/2007/01493 &CIC/OK/A/2008/00027,Dated: 20 March 2008]
Guest
(Expert) 01 August 2011
Irrespective of whether or not the information falls within the purview of RTI, the employee is obliged to submit the information to his department, not only about immovable property, but also about each of his movable properties costing more than the exempted limit, as per the requirement of his service conduct rules.
However, the said information also falls within the purview of the RTI.
