AHMEDABAD: The Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed the
chairman of National Aviation Company of India Ltd (NACIL), the
erstwhile Air India Limited, to settle the post retirement dues of its
retired employee at the earliest.
Krishna Behari of New VIP Ring Road in Vadodara was an employee of Air
India Ltd. Now retired, but still awaiting his dues, Behari filed an
application under the Right to Information (RTI) Act with the Central
Public Information Officer (CPIO) of the Air India Ltd.
In his RTI application, Behari sought information pertaining to
the non-settlement of his retirement benefits. As the CPIO provided
partial information, Behari lodged his appeal before Air India's
appellate authority.
Finally, not satisfied with the responses from the CPIO and the
appellate authority, Behari lodged his appeal before the CIC seeking
that complete information be provided as the CPIO had failed to do so.
Information Commissioner MM Ansari noted that it was unfortunate that
even though several years had lapsed after retirement, Behari's
pension benefits had not been paid. And due to this, Behari had been
compelled to resort to using the provisions of RTI for finding reasons
behind the delay.
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by Rahul Mangaonkar, 31 Jul 2008, TNN
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