Prakash Jha (CPSU Employee) 24 October 2014

Denial of promotion - information under rti act

Dear Sir,

I was denied promotion by my company (a CPSU) without communication of any adverse remarks or reasons.

I demanded following information under the RTI Act for which I received following replies / Information.

Sr. No.	Information demanded under RTI	Reply/ Information received
1.	Full copies of Annual Appraisal Reports/ Annual Confidential Reports/ Performance Appraisal Reports of the undersigned for the last Five Years.	Information Provided
2.	Full copies of reports/ recommendations of Departmental Promotion Committees (DPC) in which the undersigned was considered for promotion from S1 to S3, S3 to E2 and E2 to E2A levels.	Information Denied Reason: The information as sought by you is personal in nature (DPC Members) and is denied u/s 8(1)(j) of Right to Information Act.
3.	Full copy of all Rules, Regulation, Office Orders and Circulars applicable for promotion of executives from E2 to E2A level.	Information Provided
4.	Specific grounds/ reasons for denial/ rejection of promotion to the undersigned for promotion to E2 to E2A level.	Information Denied Reason: The information as sought by you does not fall in the definition of Information as it occurs in Section 2 (f) of Right to Information Act.

May kindly advise (citing the latest CIC/ Court Decisions) whether grounds denial of Information under Sr. No. 2 and Sr. No. 4 above are good in law and whether they can be contested with the appellate authority,.