In a rejoinder sent to the Chief information Commissioner (CIC), Goswami has stated that action should be initiated keeping in mind that the administration falsely claimed that no record is generated in the Chandigarh Administrator’s office.

The rejoinder in the complaint against the administrator of Chandigarh reads: “The Home Secretary through the CPIO Home Department has provided factually incorrect information and there is a deliberate attempt to furnish false statement receivable as evidence before the honorable information commission.”

The rejoinder mentions that the current administrator of Chandigarh was appointed in 2005 whereas the office of the Administrator of Chandigarh is in existence since 1984. Though the current Administrator rarely visited his office in the UT Secretariat, the previous administrators have been visiting their office and have been actively working.

A large number of records have been generated during their tenure, which has invaluable archival value.

It may be recalled that Goswami had made a complaint to the Chief Information Commissioner against the Administrator of Chandigarh for not following the RTI, for not appointing CPIO in his office and for not disclosing the required information under Section 4 of the RTI Act.

The Home Department of Chandigarh had claimed that since no record was generated in the Administrator’s office, so there was no need to follow the RTI Act by the Administrator.