Shri S Roy, Freedom of expression is a fundamental right of every citizen including the first appellate authorities.
What you have mentioned "You may also note that public servants are prohibited from joining / posting to groups such as ours" is acceptable to me if you can give me Govt policy in this regard. It may kindly be appreciated that I cannot accept the unsubstantiated factually incorrect statements at their face value. And, it does not matter to me who makes the statement. With warm regards, -- Babubhai Vaghela 202, Sarap, Opp Navjivan Press, Off Ashram Road, Ahmedabad - 380 014 M - 91 94276 08632 (Administrator - Google Group - Right to Information Act 2005) --- In [email protected], "sroy1947" <sroy1...@...> wrote: > > Dear Mr Vaghela > > 1) Mr S D Sharma is formerly a First Appellate Authority of a well known > department. He takes a special interest in J&K. He is also one of the oldest > members of our group. > > 2) It is our group policy (fully disclosed on the home page) > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rti_india/ > > "Members require a Yahoo ID to access all facilities (such as voting in > polls). To protect your identity, choose a nondescript Yahoo ID + email > address. You can also subscribe via the "mailing list only" option with a > non-yahoo email address." > > 3) You may also note that public servants are prohibited from joining / > posting to groups such as ours. > > 4) Our group is not limited to RTI activists and we have a wide cross section > of genuine members - many of whom are helping us in their personal capacities. > > Sarbajit > > --- In [email protected], Babubhai Vaghela <vaghelabd@> wrote: > > > > Group Administrator, > > > > As the Right to Information Act 2005 is about transparency, in my openion, > > every member of RTI India Yahoo Group must (I repeat must) disclose their > > identities. Those having only email ID should give their contact details > > also. > > > > Those who have not done this, should not have the liberty to post any > > message / any comment to the Group in an incognito manner. > > > > You may kindly look into for forming this crucial policy in the interest of > > practicing transparency by RTI applicants themselves. > > > > Views of the Group members may be sought for forming the policy in a > > democratic manner. > > > > With warm regards, > > > > > > > > -- > > Babubhai Vaghela > > 202, Sarap, Opp Navjivan Press, > > Off Ashram Road, Ahmedabad - 380 014 > > M - 91 94276 08632
