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PRESS RELEASE: for immediate publication Government alleges RTI is being misused and used frivolously, but where is the evidence? Not more than 50 decisions of information commissions in 2008 involved grounds of misuse or frivolousness, shows nationwide study New Delhi, Oct. 31: Can RTI be misused? What should be considered as the misuse of RTI? Amid allegations ... Read More
Dear Madam, Appreciated for your quick reaction and response through e-mail on our telephonic discussion. I am sorry for not sending the appallent/complainants phone/cell nos as the staff were on leave and I myself was out of station for a few days. However, I had instructed the Dy. Registrar to find out the contact nos but ... Read More
PRESS RELEASE: for immediate publication Making use of an ‘overlap’ in RTI Act, information commissioners remand large number of cases back to public authorities, leaving aggrieved applicants high and dry Or is this their way of addressing mounting arrears? Should aggrieved applicants be ‘shuttled’ back to public authorities? New Delhi, Oct30: When Maharashtra Information Commission came ... Read More
Information commissioners reject large number of appeals by quibbling about definition of ‘information’ under RTI Act ‘Why no action has been taken on my file’ – isn’t that a legitimate question under RTI? ICs also question ‘intentions’ of applicants even though law says intentions are immaterial New Delhi, Oct. 29: ‘Information sought does not fall ... Read More
PRESS RELEASE: for immediate publication Information commissioners reject large number of appeals on technical grounds ‘No signature or photocopies of RTI application missing; so the application is rejected’ Technical rejections are badly discouraging information seekers, shows the study of information commissions New Delhi, Oct. 28: Information Commissioners have found a unique way of dealing with ... Read More
Col NR Kurup wrote from Kerala: I am surprised to read that one Sri Fazaluddin, Information Commissioner of Kerala is graded as No.1 and my friend Sri Palat Mohandas, SIC, Kerala also graded quite high. Sri Fazaluddin was an IC for short period from 24-5-2006 to 16-12-2008. I am not aware of any case decided by ... Read More
PRESS RELEASE: for immediate publication Information Commissioners dispose of cases saying information has already been provided; applicants say never got the information Nationwide, 60% appellants/complainants say they never got the information despite decisions by information commissioners that they had! Where should the aggrieved appellants go? New Delhi, October 27: Dayanand Pandey (09955325713) of Garhwa district of Jharkhand made an ... Read More
PRESS RELEASE: for immediate publication Information commissions dispose of cases, but orders are not complied with, shows first ever nationwide study of information commissions Poor compliance of orders shows ICs should start conducting compliance hearings New Delhi, October 26: Hari Dev filed an RTI application at Delhi Development Authority (DDA) asking whether or not 23 people had been ... Read More
Dear Shri Kejriwal: Uttarakhand Information Commission welcomes the release of the Draft Report on the Functioning of Information Commissions across the Country by the Public Cause Research Foundation (PCRF). While this Commission has no comments to offer on the (i) Overall Public Satisfaction, (ii) Effectiveness and (ii) Deterrent Impact metrics, it would like to submit its ... Read More
Dear Sir, We are extremely grateful to your response. We completely agree with you that there is an overlap in the law. Section 19(1) of RTI Act and section 18(1)(c) and 18(1)(e) talk of exactly similar situations i.e. if a person does not receive any response or receives an unsatisfactory response within prescribed time period, he can ... Read More
