New Delhi, May 22 (PTI) Annual Confidential Reports of government officials are not personal information and they should be provided to the public under the Right to Information Act, the Central Information Commission has held.
The case relates to RTI applicant V R Sharma who had sought detail of ACRs of about 17 officials including his own, but the Labour Ministry allowed him access to only his ACR.
The department while refusing information about other officials said that ACRs are personal information of an officer and are exempted under the RTI Act from disclosure.
Overruling the arguments of the Ministry, Information Commissioner Shailesh Gandhi said preparation of ACR is a public activity in which performance of an official is evaluated.