DECISION IS AGAINST RTI ACT. EVEN PERSON WITH CRIMINAL BACKGROUND HAS RIGHT TO INFORMATION. IF PERSONS WITH CRIMINAL BACKGROUND BECOME MP/MLA, WHY TO REFUSE INFORMATION? S.K.KAPOOR
--- On Sun, 3/8/09, Vikram Simha <[email protected]> wrote: From: Vikram Simha <[email protected]> Subject: [rti_india] Criminal Record : Man;s RTI Plea Rejected To: [email protected], "Karnataka Intiative RTI" <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, March 8, 2009, 9:38 PM 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 N vikramsimha , KRIA Katte , #12 Sumeru Sir M N Krishna Rao Road , Basvangudi < Bangalore 560004. Get rid of Add-Ons in your email ID. Get yourn...@rocketmail .com. Sign up now! http://in.promos. yahoo.com/ address [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
