AHMEDABAD: For the first time in the history of the Gujarat information commission (GIC), a citizen was penalized Rs 5,000 for asking 34 questions under the Right to Information Act by the state information commissioner, Ramesh Kariya.
As penalty, RTI applicant Hitesh Patel from Dharmaj town has been asked to pay the amount under “administrative charges” to the district registrar of co-operatives from whom he had sought information.
