CIC directed the PIO (Ganapati Public School) to publish the list of teachers, their salary and subjects on their official website u/s 4(1)(b) of the RTI Act; The residential addresses & pay-bills of the teachers or other staff members not to be provided
9 Jan, 2017FACTS:
2. The appellant filed RTI application seeking list of teachers and other staff members with their designations, residential addresses, tenure of teachers, other staff members working in the school, mode of payment of salary to the staff, etc. there was no response. The appellant approached this Commission.
Decision :
3. The Commission directs the PIO, Ganapati Public School, Yamunanagar to publish the list of teachers, their salaried and subjects on their official website under section 4(1)(b) Every public authority shall publish within one hundred and twenty days from the enactment of this Act,- (i) the particulars of its organisation, functions and duties; (ii) the powers and duties of its officers and employees; (iii) the procedure followed in the decision making process, including channels of supervision and accountability; (iv) the norms set by it for the discharge of its functions; (v) the rules, regulations, instructions, manuals and records, held by it or under its control or used by its employees for discharging its functions; (vi) a statement of the categories of documents that are held by it or under its control; (vii) the particulars of any arrangement that exists for consultation with, or representation by, the members of the public in relation to the formulation of its policy or implementation thereof; (viii) a statement of the boards, councils, committees and other bodies consisting of two or more persons constituted as its part or for the purpose of its advice, and as to whether meetings of those boards, councils, committees and other bodies are open to the public, or the minutes of such meetings are accessible for public; (ix) a directory of its officers and employees; (x) the monthly remuneration received by each of its officers and employees, including the system of compensation as provided in its regulations; (xi) the budget allocated to each of its agency, indicating the particulars of all plans, proposed expenditures and reports on disbursements made; (xii) the manner of execution of subsidy programmes, including the amounts allocated and the details of beneficiaries of such programmes; (xiii) particulars of recipients of concessions, permits or authorisations granted by it; (xiv) details in respect of the information, available to or held by it, reduced in an electronic form; (xv) the particulars of facilities available to citizens for obtaining information, including the working hours of a library or reading room, if maintained for public use; (xvi) the names, designations and other particulars of the Public Information Officers; (xvii) such other information as may be prescribed and thereafter update these publications every year; of the Right to Information Act, 2005. They need not provide residential addresses and pay-bills of the teachers or other staff members.
Hence the matter is closed.
SD
(M. Sridhar Acharyulu)
Central Information Commissioner
Citation: Manish Sharma v. PIO, Ganapati Public School in CIC/CC/C/2014/000419