Upload challan data online, State Information Commission directs Faridabad police

Bijendra Ahlawat

Tribune News Service

Faridabad, April 13

The State Information Commission (SIC) has asked the Faridabad police to upload the challan data on the Police Department’s website. The order comes in response to an RTI application filed by a local resident, who has alleged lack of transparency in issuing challans.

In the order issued on April 8, Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) Yashpal Singhal has directed the district police to consider uploading year-wise information on motor vehicle challans or traffic challans on the police website after considering the legal implications, if any. It should be done within one month of the receipt of the order, states the CIC order.

The SIC has also allowed the appellant to inspect permissible record of the respondent public authority relating to his RTI application. The respondent State Public Information Officer (ACP-Headquarters, Faridabad) has been asked to furnish permissible or available information to the appellant within 15 days of the receipt of the order.

The appellant, Ajay Bahl, a volunteer of local NGO Ek Sangharsh had filed the application filed on September 23, 2020, seeking information of the details of the money collected from challans and where it was deposited and used by the Police Department.

The second appeal was filed on November 22, 2020. Bahl had alleged that traffic challans were issued in violation of the Motor Vehicles Act and that the Police Department did not provide correct information to his queries raised through the RTI application filed in September 23.