Dear sir, by your e-mail It appears that you were the PIO and SIC who attended to my case and seen thru my case papers, what i had had asked for and how asking for information/documents is not misuse getting information and blackmailing someone is so called misuse as you stated that you were an ex PIO it is expected for you to defend your clan L.Almeida
--- On Thu, 10/9/08, Ashish Kr Kappu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Ashish Kr Kappu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [rti_india] Re: My hearing. observations at SIC office mumbai To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, October 9, 2008, 10:44 AM Dear Sir, Being a former PIO and FAA, I request you to desist from passing unwarranted comments on "babus" especially PIOs. It is obvious from your message that you had not asked for information u/s 2(f) in your original RTI request. An error of this nature cannot be rectified at subsequent stages. You also had further remedies available to you against your GHS under the Maharashtra CS Act which you have failed to explore preferring to "misuse" RTI Act instead. As a retiree, please dont squander your savings on H.Court Writ Petitions now. You have already got off to a bad start and it never pays to throw good money after bad. Ashish Kappu --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED] ps.com, "lesals2000" <lesals2000@ ...> wrote: > > My hearing, observation, comments at State information > commissioner' s Mumbai > > After a long wait of almost one year I got intimation to come for my > 2nd appeal hearings, I was delighted but after the hearing came out > heartbroken and dejected > > My 7 appeals were regarding documents to be obtained from the > Society by the Dy.Registar, > > Past history: I had asked the society in writing to give me certain > documents u/s > Sec 32 of the MCS act, such as managing committee meetings, etc the > said society did not respond, as such moved the Dy.Registar of CHS > H/W ward Bandra with much perseverance Dy.Registar send letters > after letters to the society to give me the said documents, Society > did not respond, finally in July 2007 he send them an order under > sec 79(2) , still no response, I persuaded with the Dy.Registar who > again send letter to society to comply with his orders, but society > did not respond, as Dy.Registar failed to take action against > society for not complying with his orders, I moved the Dist > Dy.Registar Shri Vikas Rascal who wrote to the Dy.Registar to look > into the matter and report his findings to him within 15 days, still > no response, the Dy Registar got transferred and came a new > Dy.Registar who does not wish to talk but says to talk to his > subordinates > Simultaneously I asked for the documents through RTI, the Dy > Registar said I should > Get it from the society, > > Happening and Observations at State information office mumbai > The office looks swanky, lot of office staff using computers, there > is a water cooler > where there is cold water to soothe ones nerves, my hearing was > scheduled at 10:30 am but SIC came in at about 12 noon. > Before the hearing begins, the PIO (not exactly the PIO but his > clerk) and myself were asked to sign the hearing petition, I > protested that I will sign the paper after the hearing as per > standard procedures practiced everywhere, however they insisted that > I should sign otherwise the hearing will not take place, I had no > choice but to sign under protest > At the hearing Shri Triwari told me that I can obtain documents only > what is there at > Dy. Registars office ( even this lots of files are missing from Dy. > Registars office ) and that I should apply to society and get it, I > showed him documents that I had done so and also used MCS act sec 32 > to get the documents > I cited sec 2F of RTI act, information relating to any private body > (Society) which can be accessed by a public authority ( Dy.Registar > of CHS ) under any other law for the time being in force ( > Maharashtra co-operative society act sec 32 ) and told him it was > the duty of the Dy.Registar to get the said documents from society. > He said he knows sec 2F of RTI act, I requested Shri Triwari to put > down my argument > on record ( Rosnama ) as it is standard procedures at hearings he > said it was not his policy to do so, I have other hearings scheduled > next week, I told Shri Triwari I will not attend further hearings as > hearings are not conducted in proper manner, > This according to me is a mockery of the RTI act; Retired Babus are > given the post > Tax payers money is used to pay these babus and staff etc, no > penalties ever imposed > Thus is very teeth of the act is become toothless > The PIO's thus have become immune to the system and unless stringent > methods are > Imposed RIP to RTI People have lost their faith in RTI, many times > the applicant is harassed for using RTI counter case is made, as > observed very few attend seminars on RTI as RTI has become a farce. > Now what choice do I have to file writ petition against the > impugnent order of SIC ( spend over Rs 20,000) as I am retired I > would rather keep that money for my old age. > I asked Some clarifications from SIC, why PIO not present, he said > it is ok clerk can attend, I then asked him if I cannot attend can > someone else attend on my behalf, he said yes if you give an > authority letter. > > Leslie Almeida > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
