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| RTI can't be invoked for correcting Revenue Records: SIC | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 5: In an interesting order State Information Commission (SIC) has ruled that Right to Information (RTI) law can't be used to correct revenue records as the law is meant for extracting information. Information Commissioner M A Mir has directed that aggrieved used the appropriate forum for the same.
Details available with Early Times reveal that one Sarfraz Ahmad Jahangir R/O Mohalla Jullaka Jammu filed an application on 02.12.2017 seeking a report from PIO in the office of Deputy Commissioner, Jammu with regard to the judgment of the Financial Commissioner (Revenue) about reverification of land measuring 35 kanals falling in villages Gujral, Tophsherkhania and Dhamwal. As the information was not provided by the PIO to the appellant, he filed First Appeal with Deputy Commissioner Jammu on 16.01.2018 praying for supply of information as sought by him through his RTI . During the hearing of First Appeal on 17.02.108, the PIO provided the requisite information to the appellant. The FAA accordingly disposed of the appeal vide order dated 17.02.2018 as the purpose of the appeal had been accomplished.
Felling aggrieved again the applicant filed 2nd appeal before the State Information Commission (SIC) contending thereunder that the information provided by the PIO was insufficient. The appeal came up for hearing before SIC on 31.05.2018.
As regards the delay caused in furnishing the information between 10.12.2017 and 09.02.2018, the PIO submitted that re-verification of the entire land took a lot of time. Besides during settlement of village Dhamwal, the Khasra Nos had undergone lot of changes and each khasra No had to be identified by spot verification.
The SIC held: " After hearing the counsel for the appellant, the Commission felt that he has some grievances with regard to the share of Sheikh Haseena Tabassum in the landed property situated at village Tophsherkhania (khewatr No.19), Dhamwal (Khewat no.6, 17, and 18) and Gujral (Khewat No. 13, 36 and 49). The said Mst. Sheikh Hassenna Tabassum had filed a suit in the court of Financial Commissioner (Revenue) J&K on 07.04.2015. The Revenue authorities had filed a report in the said court indicating that there was no area left in the name of Smt. The report prepared and furnished by Revenue authorities is in accordance with the stand taken by the Revenue Department in the suit filed by Sheikh Haseena Tabassum before the court of Financial Commissioner (Revenue). In case the appellant is not satisfied with the correctness of the findings of the Revenue authorities in the report furnished by them to the Financial Commissioner (Revenue) J&K, he can challenge the said report in the court of Financial Commissioner (Revenue) or in any other appropriate forum ".
The order further reads as: "Right to Information Act cannot be invoked to seek redressal of grievances or correction of revenue records. Under the Act, the information seeker can only seek access to information. The appellant in this appeal had sought a copy of the report prepared in pursuance of the order of the Financial Commissioner (Revenue) dated 22.03.2017. The same has been provided to the appellant by the PIO The purpose of RTI request has thus been accomplished and achieved. Nothing further survives for adjudication by the SIC in this appeal. The PIO has also sufficiently explained the cause of delay in furnishing the information to the appellant. The Commission is satisfied with the explanation submitted by the PIO. The appeal is accordingly disposed of without any further order or direction". |
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