Hello Sarbajit, Thank you for your response. I do not have any illusions about RTI, but in this post I happened to have focused on the RTI specific aspects of the case in point.
I need to respond to your reply in detail, but I would be traveling for the next seven days and would post a response on this a little later. Thank you. On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 7:12 PM, sroy1947 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Shiva > > I have read your correspondence. BTW I am the Moderator of this group. > > What is the point of crying over spilt milk? RTI is not the magic wand > for solving problems like this. You are basically thinking of your > private interest and not for the larger public interest (for which RTI > ACT is meant). To my mind there was something fundamentally unsound in > your business model which required so much packing cedit to carry on. > From a situation where Banks beg you to borrow from them, the shoe was > placed on other foot. > > It seems the matter is sub-judice in DRT, if you are aggrievd by the > delay there, move a Writ in the Kerala High Court. There is no justice > in India, and RTI is a pathetic weapon to use. Here briefly is some > input on where you went wrong in RTI. > > 1) You cannot ask questions in RTI (ie. How, Why, When, What is not > allowed) > > 2) You can only ask for record or documents AVAILABLE with RBI which > you must clearly specify in advance. If you cannot specify these, ask > for inspection first. Try and meet the PIO before filing your RTI request. > > 3) Dont ask for information only about your case. Dont be selfish, try > and benefit others similarly placed as you were, ask "larger > questions" also. > > 4) Do not ask RBI to summon information for you from Federal Bank > (forget about section 2-f). If Fed Bank is a Public Authority then > frame your RTI queries so as to get RBI to transfer some of those to > PIO of Fed Bank. > > 5) Do not try and fix the blame on anyone using RTI. This is sure way > not to get documents. > > 6) Keep it simple, RTI is NOT a grievance redressal forum / tool. Do > not allow your bruised ego to "misuse" RTI as a safety valve for the > tension inside you. When RTI fails do not blame RTI Act, but instead > focus on learning why / where you failed and PIO could beat you. YOU > WILL THEN LEARN TO THINK LIKE A PIO. > > 7) Governor of RBI has no role to play in RTI Act. > > 8) Thoroughly research RBI website rbi.org.in, and draft your queries > exactly based (by quotations from circulars, notifications and > guidelines) on the MONITORING and SUPERVISION role of RBI as defined > in BR Act and RBI Act. > > 9) DRT itself is a Public Authority. > > 10) First Appeal stage is where you get out maximum information. So > try and leave a few escape routes for PIO in your RTI request where > you can slam him in First Appeal. > > Sarbajit > > --- In [email protected], "Shiva" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Hello >> >> Here is a case of some documents released by the RBI under RTI. I >> learnt from the documents that RBI had conducted an inspection on a >> bank based on my complaint against the bank. An inspection was indeed >> conducted but the irregularities complained about were glossed over by >> the inspection, so I sent a letter to the Governor, RBI to annul the >> inspection report on file. >> >> 1) The background of the issue, the application made under RTI, the >> copy of the letter to the Governor, RBI are all at >> >> http://duediligenceindia.blogspot.com/ >> >> 2) The letter with the complete RRI documentation is published as an >> iPaper at >> >> http://www.scribd.com/full/3246680?access_key=key-18iig6a6sip1qa0rb8wo >> >> May I request the RTI experts to guide me on how to proceed further? >> >> Thank you.
