Appeal Nos. 3966 of 2020 filed by Yogesh B. Kanpariya

BEFORE THE APPELLATE AUTHORITY
(Under the Right to Information Act, 2005)
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA
Appeal No. 3966 of 2020
Yogesh B. Kanpariya : Appellant

Vs.

CPIO, SEBI, Mumbai : Respondent

ORDER

1. The appellant had filed an application dated October 10, 2020 (received by the respondent through RTI MIS Portal) under the Right to Information Act, 2005 (“RTI Act”). The respondent, by a letter dated November 03, 2020, responded to the application filed by the appellant. The appellant filed an appeal dated November 05, 2020, against the said response dated November 03, 2020. I have carefully considered the application, the response and the appeal and find that the matter can be decided based on the material available on record.

2. Ground of appeal- The appellant has filed the appeal on the ground that incomplete, misleading or false information was provided. On perusal of the appeal, it appears that the appellant is not satisfied with the replies to query numbers 1 and 5. In light of the submissions made in the appeal, the said queries of the appellant and the responses thereto are discussed in the following paragraphs.

3. Queries in the application –The appellant, vide his application dated October 10, 2020, sought the following information pertaining to Sahara housing bond:

1. I had applied for refund of Sahara housing bond on march 2018 and then given me ref. no. 2013/....../ 19347 name Kanpariya Dhruviben Yogeshbhai (attached ref.no. letter by SEBI). when will I receive refund of ref. No. 19347 approximate date give me.
5. Give all communication done with ref. no 19347 by mail or letter or phone calls give details.

4. The respondent, in response to query numbers 1 and 5, informed that during the process of the appellant’s application for refund, discrepancy was observed which was communicated to the appellant vide letter dated February 10, 2020 and reminder letter dated March 13, 2020. Further, the respondent stated that the requisite document was submitted by the appellant vide letter dated March 31, 2020. It was also informed that during further scrutiny of the application, it was observed that the signatures were not matching with the records of Saharas. Further, vide email dated October 27, 2020, SEBI had advised the appellant to submit a Banker Certificate attesting his signatures, for enabling SEBI to process his application.

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