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(b)
if he is aggrieved by the decision on his appeal under section 24;
(c)
if he gets no information within the time-limit mentioned in section
24 or, as the case may be, gets no decision about providing
information.
(2) A complaint may be lodged to the Information Commission at any time
in respect of any matter mentioned in clause (a) of sub-section (1), and within 30
(thirty) days from the date of such decision or, as the case may be, the date of
exceeding the time-limit in respect of any matter mentioned in clause (b) and (c)
of sub-section (1).
(3) If the Information Commission is satisfied that the complainant, for
any reasonable cause, fails to lodge a complaint within the time limit as
mentioned in sub-section (2), it may accept the appeal even after the expiry of
that time.
(4) If the Information Commission is satisfied upon an complaint or other
wise that any authority or, as the case may be, any officer-in-charge has failed to
do an act or has done an act that was not necessary to do in accordance with the
provisions of this Act, it may take action against such authority or, as the case
may be, such officer-in-charge under this section.
(5) On receipt of a complaint under sub-section (1) or if it is required to
take an action under sub-section (4), the Chief Information Commissioner
himself shall enquire into the complaint or delegate the duty to any other
information Commissioner to enquire into the same.
(6) The Chief Information Commission or, as case may be, the
Information Commissioner, within 30 (thirty) days from the date of taking or
receiving duty under sub-section (5), shall, after completing the enquiry into the
complaint, prepare a decision-paper for the Information Commission.
(7) The decision-paper mentioned in sub-section (6) shall be presented in
the next meeting of the Information Commission, and it shall, on discussion in
the meeting, take decision regarding the matter.
(8) During the enquiry into any complaint under this section, the authority
or, as the case may be, the officer-in-charge against whose decision the complaint
is lodged, shall be given an opportunity to present arguments in support of his
decision.
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