Deccan Herald , Sunday March 8, 2009 , Bangalore Page 4
TO" unanimously " rules that he is "unfit" to use Provisions of the Act .
BANGALORE : IN A STANGE INCIDENT A MAN WITH CRIMINAL BACKGROUND WAS REFUSED
INFORMATION UNDER RTI
Siddaramappa Shivaraya Mali Patil was told that he could not be given
inforormation because he has a criminal background.
Hailing from Peta Shiroor Village, Chittapur Taluka in Gulbarga , Patil had
applied for information under RTI , last year in July at the taluka Panchayat
office , seeking the number of houses constructed under the Ashrya Scheme ,
under the IndiraAwas Yogjana at his village . His enquiry included
beneficiaries allotted the houses or plot in the last 5 years , status of
afforestation in the village , audit report of the village panchyath , balance
in the ledgers and cash books and the list of works done in the last ten years.
The Taluka Panchyat Forwarded the application to the Village panchyat . The
baffeled Village panchyat Members summoned an emergency meeting on september 18
,last year and passed a resolution "unanimosly" that siddaramappa is unfit to
use the provisions of RTI because he comes from a Criminal Background.
He was also told that he and his uncle had not paid the property tax to the
village panchyat.
The total tax amount he has to pay is around Rs3500 whereas his uncle has to
pay Rs 4300 . The village panchyast sent the copy of the resolution to the
Taluk office also.
APPEALS TO KIC
Unsatisfied with this response , siddramappa then filed an appeal before
Karnataka Information Commission seeking thier intervention against the reasons
for not giving Information.
The Matter is now before the Im\nformation Commission for hearing and RTI
Study Centre in Bangalore is representing Siddaramappa . DH News Service
NB : The Panchyat Secrtary & Bill Collector Appeared Before the KIC and have
Apo;ogised for the unwarrented Resolution and Passing Records that the
Applicant is from Criminal Back ground . They have also Provided Nearly 800
Pages of Information free .
The applicant has been advised to File defamation cases on all Officers &
Panchyat Members .
KIC has also Advised RTI Study Centre to Take up such Matters Before the High
Power Committee on RTI . It also Lamented that No representation from
Organisations such as RTI Study Centre is available in the High Level committee
to tackle such issues
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