Bhubaneswar, Sept. 14 -- The Odisha State Information Commission has debarred an RTI applicant from filing fresh queries for a year, citing "repetitive and burdensome" applications that put unnecessary strain on public resources.
In a ruling issued yesterday, State Information Commissioner (SIC) Susanta Kumar Mohanty said applicant Chittaranjan Sethy's conduct amounted to "abuse of the RTI process" and was a "clear indication of misuse.""No doubt the applicant being the citizen of India has the right to get the information under the RTI Act, 2005, but he is also duty-bound to obey the law of land and procedure. Keeping in view the facts, the applicant deserves to be dealt with in a strict manner," SIC Mohanty stated, while imposing a year'...