4 of the Election Commission, which is the appellate authority for the purposes of the right to information requests, on the ground that if the information sought by him were not provided, his right to information would be infringed and consequently, the objectives and the effectiveness of the RTI Act would be hindered (Annexure-C). Thereafter, the Secretary of the Election Commission vide letter dated 03.09.2013 bearing Memo No. 17.00.0000.040.22.001.10-149 gave a decision on the said appeal affirming the decision dated 14.07.2013 given by the designated Officer (RTI) without assigning any reason whatsoever (Annexure-D). Being aggrieved, the petitioner No.1 filed a complaint dated 09.09.2013 under section 25 of the RTI Act before the respondent No.1-Information Commission stating that as a citizen of Bangladesh he was entitled under the RTI Act to be provided with the information requested from the Election Commission (AnnexureE). On receipt thereof, it was registered as Complaint No. 97/20103. Accordingly, the respondent No.1 issued a summons dated 26.09.2013 requiring the petitioner No.1 to attend a hearing at the office of the Information Commission on 22.10.2013 at 11.00 AM. In compliance thereof, he duly appeared and attended the hearing (Annexure-F). After the hearing on 22.10.2013, the respondent No.1 issued its decision dated 22.10.2013 (Annexure-G) holding that the information requested involved a “third-party” and that the disclosure of such information was not possible without the opinion of the “third-party”. Said decisions are quoted below: