Bhubaneswar: The Odisha State Information Commission (SIC) has ruled that a woman has the right to access the salary details of her husband who is a government employee, directing the Public Information Officer (PIO) of Khallikote Block in Ganjam district to furnish the information within 15 days.

The order came in response to a second appeal filed by Archana Panigrahi, who had sought the salary slip and basic pay details of her husband, Biranchi Narayan Sahu, an employee in the office of the Block Development Officer (BDO), Khallikote. Her RTI request was earlier rejected by both the PIO and the First Appellate Authority under Section 8(1)(j) of the RTI Act, citing “personal information.”

During the hearing, Panigrahi argued that as the legally wedded wife, she was entitled to know her

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