Southern Railway pulled up for not responding to RTI petition
The Hindu
CIC takes dim view of widow not getting spouse’s medical reimbursement claim info
The Central Information Commission (CIC) has taken a serious note of Southern Railway not providing information sought by a widow on the status of the medical reimbursement claim of her husband.
Through a show-cause notice, the CIC asked the Chief Medical Director to explain why action under Section 20(1) of the Right to Information Act should not be initiated against him for not responding to the application filed under the Act.
On November 6, 2019, N.K. Rugmini filed a petition for details of the reimbursement claim of her husband K.R. Krishnan who served as catering supervisor and died before getting the benefit. Being the wife and legal heir, she applied for the benefit several times but did not receive any information or amount, she argued.