Senior official penalised for delay in providing information under RTI Act
The Tamil Nadu Information Commission has penalized the Assistant Director of Survey and Land Records in Tiruvallur for delaying the release of property information. The delay concerned a request filed by Yashoda regarding her mother's property, which was not provided within the legally mandated 30-day period. The information was ultimately received on December 24, 2025, over two years after the August 2023 request.
- ▪The Tamil Nadu Information Commission imposed a ₹25,000 penalty on the Assistant Director, Survey and Land Records, Tiruvallur.
- ▪Yashoda filed a request on August 19, 2023, for details about her mother’s property in Periyakuppam.
- ▪Under the RTI Act, 2005, information must be provided within 30 days, but Yashoda received it only on December 24, 2025.
- ▪The requested documents included town survey remarks, settlement file, and approval noting.
- ▪The penalty was imposed due to the significant delay in furnishing the information.
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The Tamil Nadu Information Commission has imposed a maximum penalty of ₹25,000 on the Assistant Director, Survey and Land Records, Tiruvallur district, after a woman complained of an inordinate delay in providing information about her mother’s property.The case pertains to the petition of Yashoda of Tiruvallur, who sought details of the town survey remarks, settlement file, approval noting among other details relating to a property owned by her mother in Periyakuppam on August 19, 2023. While the information called for should have been furnished within 30 days of the petition under the Right to Information Act, 2005, the woman said she got the response only on December 24, 2025.
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