Dear Sh.Rakesh Agarwal, In my decision against deptt of post, IC(A) have rejected my appeal by his Takia Kalam--"there is no denial of information". appellant is free to inspect the relevant files. As there is no denial of information, the appellant is free to seek inspection of the relevant records, so as to identify and specify the required information, which should be furnished as per the provisions of the Act. Actually , I sent one RTI application and one first appeal from Bikaner to Jaipur at the same office,same day ,same post office.RTI application returned back after 13 days with remarks of incorrect pin code and address.This prima facie false reply has been given clean chit in his decision WITHOUT MENTIONING ACTUAL DESIRED INFORMATION IN THE DECISION. Decision No. 2792/IC(A)/2008 dated 09/07/2008 on Appeal from Sh. Manoj K. Kamra Vs Department of Posts If you really plan to challange his decision,kindly examine my file also available at CIC OFFICE. regards Manoj K.Kamra
--- On Fri, 9/5/08, Rakesh Agarwal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Rakesh Agarwal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [rti_india] Ansari's novel interprentation of "information" To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], "'Hemant Goswami'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Friday, September 5, 2008, 8:56 PM Information Commission M.A. Ansari read out section 2(j) to me and said that a Commissioner can decide to allow inspection in lieu of copies of documents. He also said that since Inspection is mentioned in clause (i) and copies in clause (ii), I should be grateful if he gave me access under the "preferential" clause. The hearing took place yesterday in a case where Department of Posts had asked me to deposit more than Rs.1,25,000 as "Labour charges". As half expected, he accused me of malafide and said that I cannot expect the government officers to do research for me. All I wanted was the delivery status of all articles sent through speed post across the country on one particular day - chosen at random - in order to assess their performance. My speed post articles were being delivered in 3 to 10 days within the same city and some articles either went missing or were delivered to the wrong address. Mr. Ansari said I should visit their offices across the country and inspect the status for myself; this is when he mentioned the "preferential" clause. I am preparing a writ for Delhi High Court. This is the 3rd such instance with Ansari over the last two years. I have immense respect for other ICs but whilst Padma's knowledge of RTI is elementary, Ansari is an example of how to deliberately and shamelessly kill transparency and accountability. A copy of Premchand's "Panch Parmeshwar" is on the way to Ansari - with a bouquet. Rakesh Agarwal NyayaBhoomi [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
