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CIC imposes fine of Rs 25000 on Delhi government officer for stopping pension
NEW DELHI: The Central Information Commission (CIC) has imposed maximum penalty of Rs. 25,000 on a Delhi government officer for wrongfully stopping pension of a 70-year-old poor woman and not reinstating it despite a directive from the transparency watchdog. Berating the woman officer for being adamant and getting back at the below poverty line (BPL) septuagenarian for using Right to Information Act.
CIC also awarded a compensation of Rs 6,000 to the applicant. In an 11-page order, Information Commissioner M Sridhar Acharyulu threatened to initiate criminal proceedings against the officer of woman and child development department of Delhi government in case the order is not complied with within one month.
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