Wrongful denial of Right to Information by Mining Department of Chhattisgarh.

We have called for information about AGCG Report from the several Government Department of Chhattisgarh and also from Central Govt Departments. We have received the same except mining Department. The mining Department has denied on the ground that the original AGCG Report is lying with Accountant General Office of Chhattisgarh. It is beyond comprehension as to why the Original Report will not be kept with the concerned mining Department. Besides this another ground on which RTI Application denied information by Public Information officer  (in short PIO) of Mining Department of Chhattisgarh on the basis of a letter dtd 1.11.2011 addressed to Editor NDTV. The letter dtd 1.11.11 is also uploaded for public viewing. The reading of the said letter says about Audit memos which are preliminary reports & on the basis of those preliminary Audit Memos, Audit Report is prepared. Thus these preliminary Audit Memos not final ones but here we are not seeking any Audit preliminary memos, not seeking any correspondence between  Auditor & Auditee rather the Final Audit Reports of 2010-11 & 2011-12. The point arises whether  the Audit Report of a Govt Department namely Mining Department of Chhattisgarh is the personal property of PIO and cannot be supplied under the RTI Act, 2005. The media of Chhattisgarh is busy in publishing the matters related to Ministers & other trifle matters and therefore the “Right Thinking Indians Association, Chhattisgarh” has undertaken the self imposed task of unearthing the Truth & irregularities pointed out by the statutory Audit.