Under which Section do they Withdraw Penalties ? iF So why did they Impose Penalty in the First Instance ?
N vikramsimha , KRIA Katte & RTI Study Centre , #12 Sumeru Sir M N Krishna Rao Road , Basvangudi < Bangalore 560004. --- On Fri, 12/12/08, sarbajit roy <[email protected]> wrote: > From: sarbajit roy <[email protected]> > Subject: [rti_india] CIC's lies exposed in Parliament > To: [email protected] > Date: Friday, 12 December, 2008, 9:12 AM > Message from C.K.Jam (RTIwanted) > .PDF File attachment being uploaded separately > > PIB Press Release on 11 December 2008: > PIB Press Release > > Lok Sabha > > > Since its inception, the Central Information Commission has > received 24145 complaints and appeals upto 30.09.2008. 8670 > cases > were pending for disposal as on 30.09.2008 for reasons like > shortage of > Information Commissioners vis-à-vis the workload. > > All cases of appeals and complaints to the Commission > involve delay or denial of information. Information about > number of show cause notices > issued for imposition of penalties is not maintained. > Penalties have, however, been imposed in 211 cases.In seven > cases financial penalty was withdrawn after imposition. > > Government has recently appointed four more Information > Commissioners > in the Commission with a view to step up the disposal of > cases as well > as for effective implementation of RTI Act. > > This information was given by the Minister of State in the > Prime Minister’s Office, Shri Prithviraj Chavan in a > written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today. > ================================ > > From where did the Hon'ble Minister get these figures ? > > Somebody should haul him up for misleading the house ! > > Or, has the CIC been displaying incorrect figures on its > website and giving misleading and incorrect information in > reply to RTI applications ? > > As per CIC Web site, as on 30 September 2008: > Pending : 9183; Minister says 8670 > Cummulative disposed: 16915 > Therefore Total: 26098; Minister says 24145 > As per reply to RTI Application (please see the attached > pdf document): > > Total Penalties imposed upto 21 August 2008: 131 > Minister says upto 30 September 2008: 211 > > Total Penalties withdrawn upto 21 August 2008: 10 > > Minister says upto 30 September 2008: 7 > > IC Sailesh Gandhi was administered oath of office on 18 > September 2008. Even assuming that he started imposing > penalties on day 1, > that is from 18 September itself, he couldn't have been > responsible for > imposing 80 penalties in 12 days. In any case he needs to > give a show > cause notice to the PIO before imposing any penalty. > Therefore, there is > no chance of 80 penalties in 12 days especially when they > have imposed only 131 Penalties in nearly 33 months ! > > So, what are the correct figures ? > > RTIwanted > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/
