The Tamil Nadu Information Commission has directed the State Health Department to provide details of the action taken over allegations of serious irregularities in the organ transplant programme in the State during 2017-20.
The case arises out of a petition filed by S. Loganathan of Tiruvannamalai, who sought to know under the Right to Information Act, 2005, the details of the action taken over violations of the Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act, 1994. He wanted to know whether any inquiry was ordered by the then Health Secretary against the Director of Medical and Rural Health Services and, if not, the copies of files relating to the initiation of such an inquiry.
Not satisfied with the reply of the Public Information Officer (PIO) and the First Appellate Authority (FAA), who denied the information sought, the petitioner moved an appeal before the TNIC. After hearing both sides, State Information Commissioner P. Thamarai Kannan said that the replies of the PIO and the FAA were not acceptable.
