Even after repeated attempts to get replies to his RTI queries, Malvani-based Asif Noor Mohammed Shaikh failed to get the required information. The two BMC officials from Malad's P/North ward, who did not bother to respond to his queries, are now in a very tight spot. The chief information commissioner have slapped fines of Rs 25,000 on the two -- Sunil Barambe and Dilip Jadhav -- for not providing the information and for not being present during the appeal hearings.

Asif Shaikh holds up a copy of the chief information commissioner's order