New Delhi:
The Central Information Commission (CIC) has issued a show-cause notice to the Prime Minister's Office regarding "non-compliance" of its order relating to disclosure of union ministers' assets.
"The Commission has directed the CPIO in Prime Minister's Office to dispose complaint within 10 days. ....the appellant has been repeatedly approaching the Commission stating...that the requested information has not been provided," the Commission said in its notice.
It directed the Central Public Information Officer to "submit an action taken report specifically in regard to the non-compliance of the order" by September 10.
The case relates to S C Agrawal who sought to know from the Cabinet Secretariat the information on assets, wealth and income of all union ministers. The matter was later referred to the PMO.
The Commission had on June 7 this year directed the PMO to disclose the assets of union ministers after getting clearance from the Lok Sabha Speaker and the Rajya Sabha Chairman.
The Commission had directed the PMO to complete the exercise within 10 days of receiving the decision.
"Failure to receive a response within a reasonable time will, however, be construed as acquiescence in the light of previous decisions given by each of the heads of both Houses," Chief Information Commissioner Wajahat Habibullah said on a plea of Agrawal.
Habibullah directed the Prime Minister's Office to refer the RTI application with respect to those ministers who are Lok Sabha Members to Speaker Meira Kumar and those who are Members of Rajya Sabha to Chairman Hamid Ansari for permission to disclose the assets and liabilities of the ministers.
The CIC has said that after getting requisite details the information would be furnished to Agrawal.
But the PMO even after getting the necessary orders from the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha did not provide the details, alleged Agrawal before the Commission.