Mismatch between the appeal figures
25 Nov, 2011
Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Mr. V Narayanasamy has been widely quoted in the media as saying in a written reply to the Lok Sabha that a total of 17,046 appeals/complaints were pending with the CentralInformation Commission as on August 1. However, scrutiny of the data available at the official site of the Central Information Commission [cic.gov.in] shows a different figure. As per the figures of the CIC, the opening balance of cases pending as on 1st August 2011 is 19,571. If the reports of the media are taken as authentic, it raises a question - Which figures are true? There appears to be an inadvertent lapse somewhere as 2,525 appeals cannot appear or disappear all of a sudden.
Given below is the report on monthly disposal of cases as per the CIC web-site |
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Year |
Month |
Opening Balance |
Receipt |
Disposal |
Closing Balance |
Cumulative Disposal |
|
2006 |
April |
486 |
249 |
97 |
638 |
312 |
|
2006 |
May |
638 |
413 |
205 |
846 |
517 |
|
2006 |
June |
846 |
494 |
250 |
1090 |
767 |
|
2006 |
July |
1090 |
507 |
285 |
1312 |
1052 |
|
2006 |
August |
1312 |
491 |
374 |
1429 |
1426 |
|
2006 |
September |
1429 |
485 |
325 |
1589 |
1751 |
|
2006 |
October |
1589 |
350 |
287 |
1652 |
2038 |
|
2006 |
November |
1652 |
509 |
296 |
1865 |
2334 |
|
2006 |
December |
1865 |
724 |
571 |
2018 |
2905 |
|
2007 |
January |
2018 |
721 |
359 |
2380 |
3264 |
|
2007 |
February |
2380 |
860 |
556 |
2684 |
3820 |
|
2007 |
March |
2684 |
1034 |
471 |
3247 |
4291 |
|
2007 |
April |
3247 |
762 |
572 |
3437 |
4863 |
|
2007 |
May |
3437 |
975 |
642 |
3770 |
5505 |
|
2007 |
June |
3770 |
657 |
649 |
3778 |
6154 |
|
2007 |
July |
3778 |
784 |
703 |
3859 |
6857 |
|
2007 |
August |
3859 |
628 |
673 |
3814 |
7530 |
|
2007 |
September |
3814 |
874 |
612 |
4076 |
8142 |
|
2007 |
October |
4076 |
928 |
498 |
4506 |
8640 |
|
2007 |
November |
4506 |
1201 |
602 |
5105 |
9242 |
|
2007 |
December |
5105 |
850 |
642 |
5313 |
9884 |
|
2008 |
January |
5313 |
1488 |
717 |
6084 |
10601 |
|
2008 |
February |
6084 |
1273 |
603 |
6754 |
11204 |
|
2008 |
March |
6754 |
914 |
848 |
6820 |
12052 |
|
2008 |
April |
6820 |
1205 |
880 |
7145 |
12932 |
|
2008 |
May |
7145 |
1475 |
736 |
7884 |
13668 |
|
2008 |
June |
7884 |
1168 |
954 |
8098 |
14622 |
|
2008 |
July |
8098 |
1315 |
1044 |
8369 |
15666 |
|
2008 |
August |
8369 |
1109 |
691 |
8787 |
16357 |
|
2008 |
September |
8787 |
954 |
558 |
9183 |
16915 |
|
2008 |
October |
9183 |
603 |
689 |
9097 |
17604 |
|
2008 |
November |
9097 |
1391 |
967 |
9521 |
18571 |
|
2008 |
December |
9521 |
1670 |
1598 |
9593 |
20169 |
|
2009 |
January |
9593 |
1408 |
1878 |
9123 |
22047 |
|
2009 |
February |
9123 |
1346 |
1804 |
8665 |
23851 |
|
2009 |
March |
8665 |
1782 |
1523 |
8924 |
25374 |
|
2009 |
April |
8924 |
1752 |
1495 |
9181 |
26869 |
|
2009 |
May |
9181 |
1780 |
1643 |
9318 |
28512 |
|
2009 |
June |
9318 |
2157 |
1706 |
9769 |
30218 |
|
2009 |
July |
9769 |
1667 |
1288 |
10148 |
31506 |
|
2009 |
August |
10148 |
1864 |
1565 |
10447 |
33071 |
|
2009 |
September |
10447 |
1670 |
1934 |
10183 |
35005 |
|
2009 |
October |
10183 |
2036 |
1470 |
10749 |
36475 |
|
2009 |
November |
10749 |
1279 |
1488 |
10540 |
37963 |
|
2009 |
December |
10540 |
2768 |
1839 |
11469 |
39802 |
|
2010 |
January |
11469 |
1888 |
1678 |
11679 |
41480 |
|
2010 |
February |
11679 |
1775 |
1683 |
11771 |
43163 |
|
2010 |
March |
11771 |
2164 |
1693 |
12242 |
44856 |
|
2010 |
April |
12242 |
2054 |
1621 |
12675 |
46477 |
|
2010 |
May |
12675 |
2108 |
1628 |
13155 |
48105 |
|
2010 |
June |
13155 |
2486 |
1897 |
13744 |
50002 |
|
2010 |
July |
13744 |
2902 |
2449 |
14197 |
52451 |
|
2010 |
August |
14197 |
2303 |
2402 |
14098 |
54853 |
|
2010 |
September |
14098 |
2337 |
2280 |
14155 |
57133 |
|
2010 |
October |
14155 |
2371 |
2079 |
14447 |
59212 |
|
2010 |
November |
14447 |
2477 |
2109 |
14815 |
61321 |
|
2010 |
December |
14815 |
2720 |
2054 |
15481 |
63375 |
|
2011 |
January |
15481 |
2816 |
2064 |
16233 |
65439 |
|
2011 |
February |
16233 |
1857 |
1698 |
16392 |
67137 |
|
2011 |
March |
16392 |
2444 |
1790 |
17046 |
68927 |
|
2011 |
April |
17046 |
3181 |
1559 |
18668 |
70486 |
|
2011 |
May |
18668 |
1869 |
1683 |
18854 |
72169 |
|
2011 |
June |
18854 |
2665 |
2243 |
19276 |
74412 |
|
2011 |
July |
19276 |
2249 |
1954 |
19571 |
76366 |
|
2011 |
August |
19571 |
2700 |
2039 |
20232 |
78405 |