Penalty on Public Information Officer -- Notice Issued During Appeal Proceedings -- Cannot be treated as final notice for imposing penalty
Right to Information Act, 2005, S.20(1) -- Penalty on Public Information Officer -- Notice Issued During Appeal Proceedings -- A specific notice must be issued to the Public Information Officer before imposing penalty, with adequate opportunity of hearing as mandated under the statute. A notice issued during second appeal proceedings cannot be treated as the final notice required under Section 20(1). Where a statute prescribes a particular procedure, the authority must follow it and cannot dispense with it.
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