Hmmm...

Those who cant stand the heat of the kitchen shouldn't cook.
Elvis has just left the building.

We don't deal in conspiracy theories but fact.
Here is a fact: 
http://cic.gov.in/CIC-Orders/Decision_31012008_28.pdf
The decision of CIC in Shri Dinesh Thaker versus Ministry of
Company Affairs. 

Shri Thakker r/o Mumbai (Maharashtra) applied for information
u/s 6 of RTI Act - IC ANT asked him to fuck off - saying that
by a previous decision of his (ie. ANT's) the P/A is not
bound to honour requests for information under RTI Act, that
the PIO is not bound to give information, and that the P/A
is free to demand whatever fees it wants to provide information
including by requiring the applicant to withdraw his RTI
request in favour of already laid down procedures.

In a nut-shell Mr Thakker (like scores of similar applicants) was told
that provisions in the Companies Act of 1956 OVER-RIDE those of RTI
Act 2005.

Now the moot point is, "WHERE IS THE PREVIOUS DECISION OF ANT
AND WHY IS IT NOT ON THE CIC WEBSITE?"

For those interested it is "K. Lall Vs. Ministry of Company Affairs;
Appeal No.CIC/AT/A/2007/00112; Date of Decision:12.4.2007."

Well as it turns out, this "landmark"  decision was WRITTEN BY the P/A 
(and rubber stamped by ANT) because the bloody fool Appellant( a
serial RTIer senior citizen) failed to show up, and incidentally
raised all sorts of stupid grounds - such as "I am not interested in
receiving information but only want my queries to be answered".
CRUCIALLY, it was not delivered in "open proceedings" as required by
Rules.

As a result, this "binding" decision of IC ANT is used by every other
IC to deny information via RTI Act - and to allow P/As to charge
whatever they want to provide information.

These buggers are stealing the RTI Act from under our noses, what are
we going to do about it ?

Sarbajit

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> Sorry Chief. I can't subscribe to conspiracy theories... yours or
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> If your actions as moderator are governed by a conspiracy theory of
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> I shall unsubscribe myself from your group. All the Best to you.
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> I do hope you will choose not to moderate out any of our exchanges
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