Decision
5. The Appellant’s representative submitted that he is not well versed with the details of the case and was unable to respond to queries from the Commission.
6. The Commission holds that details of a passport are readily made available by any individual in a number of instances, example to travel agents, at airline counters, and whenever proof of residence for telephone connections etc. is required. For this reason, disclosure of details of a passport cannot be considered as causing unwarranted invasion of the privacy of an individual and, therefore, is not exempted from disclosure under Section 8(1)(j) of the RTI Act.
7. After going through the arguments provided by the Appellant in his appeal and convinced that disclosure of details of the passport is in public interest, the Commission directs the PIO to provide the details of passport of Mr. Janu Pawar to the Appellant as requested in his RTI application within 15 days of receipt of this Order.
8. The appeal is disposed off.
(Annapurna Dixit)
Information Commissioner
Authenticated true copy: (K.G.Nair)Designated Officer
1. Mr.Ansari Masud A.K
192-Kutbi Manzil, Flat No.10
CST Road, Kurla (W)
Mumbai 400 070
2. The CPIO
Ministry of External Affairs
Regional Passport Office
Worli
Mumbai 400 025
3. Officer incharge, NIC
4. Press E Group, CIC
