DDC Rules 7Chapter II · Filing of application, payment of fees and instructions

Section 7 · Exemption from disclosure of information

- The Public Information Officer or the Assistant Public Information Officer may not provide the information to the applicant on the following grounds:

(i)

The information asked for is covered by sections 8, 9, 11 or 24 of the Act.

(ii)

The information asked for relates to Delhi Judicial Service or Delhi Higher Judicial Service and it has no jurisdiction to provide such an information to the applicant.

(iii)

The information relates to the confidentiality of any examination or selection process conducted by the office of the District Judge for the appointment of ministerial staff.

(iv)

The information amounts to intrusion in the judicial work of any court.

(v)

The information amounts to overreaching a decision of any judicial body which was authorized to provide the information but has declined to do so.

(vi)

The information to be sought relates to a judicial proceeding, or judicial functions or the matters incidental or ancillary thereto.

(vii)

The information is non existent and will be necessary to create it for supplying it to the applicant.

(viii)

The information sought amounts to seeking "opinion" or "advice", which does not form part of any record.

(ix)

The information amounts to analyzing the information for the applicant which does not form part of any existing record.

(x)

The information asked for is not by a citizen but by an Alien or a Company registered under the Company Registration Act or any other body corporate including a non government organization except where the information has been asked for by any of the office bearers of these organizations in their individual capacity as the citizens of India.

(xi)

The application of the applicant may be dismissed if the name and the address provided by the applicant are found to be not correct.

(xii)

The information asked for relates to a vigilance enquiry, except for the final result of the enquiry.

(xiii)

Any other reason which may justify not providing the information to the applicant.

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