complaints had been placed before the Group of Officers and a decision had been taken to follow the advice for initiating disciplinary proceedings. He stated that as to what happened thereafter is not available with respondent no.2. He also referred to the decision of the Supreme Court in Girish Ramchandra Deshpande ( Supra ) and stated that memos, show-cause notices and censure/punishment awarded by an employer to his employee is a matter of 'personal information' and is, therefore, exempt from disclosure under Section 8(1)(j) of the Act. In the facts of the present case, the reliance placed on the decision in the case of Girish Ramchandra Deshpande ( supra ) is misplaced. In that case the petitioner had sought various details regarding an officer (respondent no.3 therein) who was employed as an Enforcement Officer in the Sub-Regional Office, Akola. The information sought included the details of his appointment, salary, information regarding his promotion, show cause notice and censure issued to him, copies of his income tax returns, assets and liabilities etc. A bare perusal of the information sought clearly indicated that disclosure of such information would be a serious invasion to the privacy of the employee concerned. It is in this context that the Supreme Court held as under:-
