have to agree totally. MD 2008/12/26 veeresh kumar <[email protected]>
> --- In [email protected] <HumJanenge%40yahoogroups.co.in>, > Bhaskar Prabhu <wearcr...@...> wrote: > > SHAILESH GANDHI ... RTI Man of the Year > > It is the time of the year when many newspapers and magazines make > choices for the man of the year. For all RTI forums, e-groups, > organisations and enthusiasts our MAN OF THE YEAR is undoubtedly > SHAILESH GANDHI. > > At a time, when ACCOUNTABILITY is in question so much after 26/11, > Shailesh stands out as the glimmer of HOPE in the ocean of > mis-governance and failure of administration. Being appointed as > Information Commissioner in September 2008, this "aam-admi" and > "sovereign citizen" has kept to his commitment to all of us and > achieved what all other Information Commissioners in the country have > been claiming as "not possible". The factual statistics given below > are ample proof that the present problem of pendency has been created > because of the CASUAL, LACK-OF WILL and INEFFICIENT functioning of > the other Information Commissioner Joined on September 18, in October > with staff of 3 he conducted 142 hearing and gave order mostly on same > day. In the month of November hearing with orders given were 191. In > the month of Dec up to 20th hearing with order cleared were 340 with > staff of 12. Presently he is conducting 20 hearings on most days > which by seeing his performance will definitely increase to 28 to 30 > per day. Number of orders pending for hearings conducted - 3 > > Our contention that an average of 20 hearings is possible has been > demonstrated by Shailesh and what is heartening and a bonus to all of > us is that the ORDERS are also given immediately or within reasonable > time. CONGRATULATIONS SHAILESH... you make us feel proud of your > achievements, more so because they have been reached with all the > limitations that the system could possibly have. May your diligence > and "being accountable" attitude inspire our senior ICs to follow in > your footsteps, so that our country reaps the benefits envisaged in > the RTI Act. > > ANAND CASTELINO > BHASKAR PRABHU > MAHITI ADHIKAR MANCH > > --- End forwarded message --- > > -- Maja Daruwala Director Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative B-117, First Floor, Sarvodaya Enclave New Delhi, INDIA, 110017 Tel No 91 11 26864678:26850523 (O) Tel No 91 11 26868961 (H) Fax No 91 11 26864688 (O) email: [email protected] email: [email protected] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
