219-223-RIYADH-MoCA-MEA-MHA-PMO-permission for flights
Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 7:26 pm
Subject: Information regarding grant of permissions for flights from Saudi Arabia to India from April 15 2020 till date of reply of this rti.
Please provide the following information
1. Copy of applications received, Written or emailed or by any other medium, for permission for chartered or commercial or special flights to any airport in India.
2. Copy of Statement, File noting or any report regarding each of the applications received.
3. Copy of Emails/ communications regarding the applications for permission.
4. Copy Emails/communications send to any other ministry or state government or union territory or authority regarding permissions for incoming flights.
5. Copy of Email/communications received from any other ministry or state government or union territory or authority regarding permissions for incoming flights.
6. How many applications were received for each airport and how many applications were sanctioned, how many applications were declined due to objection from state government, how many applications were declined due to objection from Ministry of Civil aviation, how many applications were declined due to objection from Ministry of external affairs, how many applications were declined due to objection from Ministry of Home, how many applications were declined due to objection from any other ministry or authority. Please provide airport wise list.
7. Name, authority and contact details of the authority/authorities to which applications are to be submitted for approval for chartered or commercial or special flights to any airport in India.
8. Format of application and attachments required for application for approval for chartered or commercial or special flights to any airport in India.
9. Minutes of meetings of all meetings, reports prepared, communications to and fro between related parties and other information (2.f of RTI Act) related to the above mentioned queries. .
If anything is vague in this application, kindly seek my clarification and provide me assistance as per section 5. (3) of the RTI act 2005.
5. (3) Every Central Public Information Officer or State Public Information Officer, as the case may be, shall deal with requests from persons seeking information and render reasonable assistance to the persons seeking such information.
Please provide any information in by email to simondominic@gmail.com.
If hard copy is provided, please provide certified copy. Address for sending Hard copy is
Dominic Simon
PO Box 40051
Riyadh 11499
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Mobile: 00966-599647718
If hard copy is sent by postal/courier service, Please intimate the Tracking Number by email. As per decision of the Central Information Commission in CIC/SG/A/2011/002704/16353 Date 15-12-2011 kindly send all communications by speed post.
If any information is not available in the requested format, please provide copy of existing records from which the information can be obtained /derived to the maximum .
Confidential information like passwords, encryption etc. be severed from the information as per section 10 or rti act.
As per section 6(3) of the RTI act 2005, In case, the requested information is held by another public authority, I request the PIO to transfer the application or part of it within FIVE days and immediately inform me about such transfer. I am filing separate applications to PMO, Embassy of India in Riyadh, Ministry of external affairs, Ministry of Civil Aviation and Ministry of Home. So application need not be transferred to these authorities.
As per section 7(3) of the RTI act 2005, In case there are further fee required to provide the requested information, I request the PIO to inform me of the additional fee amount along with the calculations made to arrive at the amount at the earliest so that information can be provided within time limit.
as Per order of DELHI HIGH COURT in W.P.(C) 8993/2017 (DOMINIC SIMON Vs CPIO, RIYADH)
15. It is once clear that if the information as sought for by the petitioner is available with the Indian Embassy, the same is not covered under any of the provisions of Section 8(1)(a) of the Act. …….
16. The CIC had observed that “the disclosure of the embassy files relating to the official communication with Saudi Govt. will impinge upon the friendly relations with a foreign country”. This observation is, plainly, unmerited. The question whether disclosure of any communication with a Foreign State would adversely affect the relationship with that Foreign State would depend on the nature of the information and whether the same is expected to be treated as confidential.
If the PIO deems fit to apply any of the exemption of section 8, kindly provide detailed explanation how the exemption is attracted to each piece of information.
I hereby declare that I am citizen of India and seeking the information as a citizen. My Passport Number is R8045xxx
Please provide the following information
1. Copy of applications received, Written or emailed or by any other medium, for permission for chartered or commercial or special flights to any airport in India.
2. Copy of Statement, File noting or any report regarding each of the applications received.
3. Copy of Emails/ communications regarding the applications for permission.
4. Copy Emails/communications send to any other ministry or state government or union territory or authority regarding permissions for incoming flights.
5. Copy of Email/communications received from any other ministry or state government or union territory or authority regarding permissions for incoming flights.
6. How many applications were received for each airport and how many applications were sanctioned, how many applications were declined due to objection from state government, how many applications were declined due to objection from Ministry of Civil aviation, how many applications were declined due to objection from Ministry of external affairs, how many applications were declined due to objection from Ministry of Home, how many applications were declined due to objection from any other ministry or authority. Please provide airport wise list.
7. Name, authority and contact details of the authority/authorities to which applications are to be submitted for approval for chartered or commercial or special flights to any airport in India.
8. Format of application and attachments required for application for approval for chartered or commercial or special flights to any airport in India.
9. Minutes of meetings of all meetings, reports prepared, communications to and fro between related parties and other information (2.f of RTI Act) related to the above mentioned queries. .
If anything is vague in this application, kindly seek my clarification and provide me assistance as per section 5. (3) of the RTI act 2005.
5. (3) Every Central Public Information Officer or State Public Information Officer, as the case may be, shall deal with requests from persons seeking information and render reasonable assistance to the persons seeking such information.
Please provide any information in by email to simondominic@gmail.com.
If hard copy is provided, please provide certified copy. Address for sending Hard copy is
Dominic Simon
PO Box 40051
Riyadh 11499
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Mobile: 00966-599647718
If hard copy is sent by postal/courier service, Please intimate the Tracking Number by email. As per decision of the Central Information Commission in CIC/SG/A/2011/002704/16353 Date 15-12-2011 kindly send all communications by speed post.
If any information is not available in the requested format, please provide copy of existing records from which the information can be obtained /derived to the maximum .
Confidential information like passwords, encryption etc. be severed from the information as per section 10 or rti act.
As per section 6(3) of the RTI act 2005, In case, the requested information is held by another public authority, I request the PIO to transfer the application or part of it within FIVE days and immediately inform me about such transfer. I am filing separate applications to PMO, Embassy of India in Riyadh, Ministry of external affairs, Ministry of Civil Aviation and Ministry of Home. So application need not be transferred to these authorities.
As per section 7(3) of the RTI act 2005, In case there are further fee required to provide the requested information, I request the PIO to inform me of the additional fee amount along with the calculations made to arrive at the amount at the earliest so that information can be provided within time limit.
as Per order of DELHI HIGH COURT in W.P.(C) 8993/2017 (DOMINIC SIMON Vs CPIO, RIYADH)
15. It is once clear that if the information as sought for by the petitioner is available with the Indian Embassy, the same is not covered under any of the provisions of Section 8(1)(a) of the Act. …….
16. The CIC had observed that “the disclosure of the embassy files relating to the official communication with Saudi Govt. will impinge upon the friendly relations with a foreign country”. This observation is, plainly, unmerited. The question whether disclosure of any communication with a Foreign State would adversely affect the relationship with that Foreign State would depend on the nature of the information and whether the same is expected to be treated as confidential.
If the PIO deems fit to apply any of the exemption of section 8, kindly provide detailed explanation how the exemption is attracted to each piece of information.
I hereby declare that I am citizen of India and seeking the information as a citizen. My Passport Number is R8045xxx