India, April 15 -- In a rare ruling, the Right To Information (RTI) commissioner of Konkan division has penalised an assistant municipal commissioner (AMC) of Mira-Bhayandar Municipal Corporation with a fine of Rs.1 lakh for not providing information, generating fake documents and misleading the commission. The municipal commissioner has also been asked to conduct an administrative inquiry against the AMC and submit a report in six months.

In his order dated March 13, RTI commissioner Shekhar Channe fined AMC Kanchan Gaikwad Rs. 25,000 each in four different RTI applications. This, the highest penalty in the RTI Act, was imposed for misleading the commission apart from not providing the information asked for by applicant Santosh Tiwari....