IIM-Lucknow asks for RTI seeker's address

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IIM-Lucknow asks for RTI seeker's address

Neha Shukla,TNN | Jan 23, 2014, 08.24 PM IST


LUCKNOW: An RTI applicant was asked to confirm his address by the
Indian Institute of Management (Lucknow) when he filed an application
seeking information under the Right to Information Act regarding
establishment of IIM-L and its Noida campus.

"In the recent past, we have received a number of queries from fake
address/persons. In view of the above, we request you to please
confirm your coorespondence address so as to enable us to prepare and
send the reply to your query", said assistant central public
information officer, IIM-Lucknow.

"On the pretext of fake RTIs, IIM Lucknow is violating section 6(2) of
RTI Act by introducing a precondition of confirmation of address by
info-seekers," said applicant Sanjay Sharma.

This unnecessarily causes delay in providing information, said Sharma.



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Contact 9369613513
Right to Information Helpline 8081898081
Helpline Against Corruption 9455553838
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