Senior official penalised for delay in providing information under RTI Act

The Tamil Nadu Information Commission has imposed a maximum penalty of ₹25,000 on the Assistant Director, Survey and Land Records, Tiruvallur district, after a woman complained of an inordinate delay in providing information about her mother’s property.

The case pertains to the petition of Yashoda of Tiruvallur, who sought details of the town survey remarks, settlement file, approval noting among other details relating to a property owned by her mother in Periyakuppam on August 19, 2023. While the information called for should have been furnished within 30 days of the petition under the Right to Information Act, 2005, the woman said she got the response only on December 24, 2025.