Central Information Commissioner Prof. Madabhushanam Sridhar Acharyulu |
Information Commissioner M Sridhar Acharyulu said every spouse has a right to information about the salary particulars of the other especially for the purpose of maintenance.
“More so, wife has a right to know the salary particulars of the husband, who is an employee of the public authority,” he said.
The commissioner further said that the details about a government employee’s salary is no third party information and these have to be voluntarily disclosed under Section 4(1)(b)(x) of the RTI Act.
“The information about the salary of employee or an officer of the same public authority cannot be considered as a third party information… Public authorities cannot reject such RTI applications about salary under the pretext of the third party information,” he held.
The information was denied as her husband gave in written to the department that such an information should not be provided to anyone.
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