Taking strong exception to the seven-year delay in providing information to a villager, the Orissa High Court observed that the Odisha State Information Commission allowed its decision to be influenced by bureaucracy and red-tape, disposing of the RTI application without ensuring that the requested information was supplied.
One Hemanta Nayak of Bhadrak district had sought information under RTI Act about status of their petition to Odisha Chief Secretary with regards to illegal encroachment of government land in their village Kuansh under Bhadrak district.
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