Apparently it appears that intention of the PIO is delay in providing information on filmsy ground asking for citizenship status of the applicant. The PIO must have stong reasons to believe that the applicant is not an Indian citizen. The question becomes important for the border states.
Normally a declaration by the applicant in the applicaion that he is an Indian Citizen should suffice. Asking proof from the applicant to prove his citizenship is really a tall order. The onus should be on the PIO to prove that he refused information on ground tha the applicant was not an Indian Citizen. Y Singh N Rajput Vadodara ----- Original Message ---- From: Manoj Pai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, 5 June, 2008 9:23:54 PM Subject: Re: [rti_india] Re: Proving Indian citizenship I am afraid you are wrong Mr Mallapragada Ramarao. All appointment in Government Services is as per Government Servants Act 1935 and now referred to Article 309 of the Constitution of India. As you must be aware that there are separate recruitment agencies like Staff Selection Commission, UPSC etc. who carry out examination, seek information on you identification, proof of address etc. Its takes a while to pass this process. Though rules for certain banks, defense etc. vary. Later at the time of appointment, the appointing authority further seek yet another set of documents like proof of address, reference of two know people in the area, medical fitness test etc. You are finally given the appointment order only after the police verification certificate is provided to the appointment authority. This list has a few retired IAS/IPS officers, who should be able to shed some more light on this issue. Manoj --- MALLAPRAGADA RAMARAO <[EMAIL PROTECTED] co.in> wrote: > No proof of citizenship is asked for employment > even in Govt. service. > No proof of citizenship is demanded when a > person's name is included in the voters' list. When > a person goes to a Court to file a case or to a > Police Station to lodge a complaint, no proof of > citizenship is required to be attached. One can go > on like this. > > Asking for proof of citizenship is only to > delay/deny information and goes against the letter > and spirit of the Act. From Chandigarh to Chennai - find friends all over India. Go to http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/citygroups/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
