Dear Leslie almeida, You have not mentioned how many number of hearings takes place for a decision of appeal/complaint.
In Rajashtan information commission, it takes about 6-8 hearings to come to a decision on an average which lasts for about one year. So which option will be better whether to attend one appeal after one year and get the decision OR continue to attend the hearings over a year. Manoj K.Kamra --- In [email protected], LESLIE ALMEIDA <lesals2...@...> wrote: > > > Dear Citizens. > > RTI applicants, are doing a wonderful Job unearthing what the CSIC keeps and > ministers keep in hiding. > > Kudos to Simpreet and Agarwal > > Information officers appointed under the Right to Information (RTI) Act who > do a shoddy job appear to be getting away with it. The seven > > state information commissioners penalised 21 public information officers in > various departments in Maharashtra a total of Rs 2.21 lakh in the past year > for providing misleading or incomplete information to RTI applicants. > Shockingly, only around 1% of this amount has actually been deposited with > the state treasury. > > Data provided by the State Information Commission (SIC) shows that only Rs > 2,500 of the total penalties of Rs 2,21,600 has reached the state treasury in > the past year. According to the RTI Act, the department concerned is supposed > to deduct the penalty from the monthly salary of the erring public > information officer. > > "It's shocking that the heads of various departments are sitting on the > orders in spite of our directions to impose the penalties,'' state > information commissioner Suresh Joshi told TOI. Joshi said he'd take up the > matter with the chief secretary and direct the officials concerned to deduct > the penalties soon. > > Simpreet Singh, an activist with the National Alliance of People's Movements, > said delays are among the main reasons why public information officers (PIOs) > flout the RTI Act they know their department will not act on the orders. > "We've been stonewalled by the PIOs of the urban development department and > the BMC on our queries on slum rehabilitation, '' said Singh. > > He said until March this year, 15,438 second appeals had been filed with the > SIC. "We already have a huge backlog, and appeals come up for hearing after a > year or so. And even after that, if the departments don't comply with orders > of the SIC, the RTI Act may become ineffective in the long run,'' Singh said. > Simpreet Singh, an activist with the National Alliance of People's Movements, > said delays are among the main reasons why public information officers (PIOs) > flout the RTI Act they know their department will not act on the orders. > "We've been stonewalled by the PIOs of the urban development department and > the BMC on our queries on slum rehabilitation, '' said Singh. > > The CIC has asked the office of the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha to > explain the reasons for denying information about correspondence among L K > Advani, the Prime Minister and the Finance Minister on the issue of"black > money"stashed in Swiss banks > Agrawal had filed an RTI application in the Office of Leader of Opposition L > K Advani seeking detailed information on the letter written by the former > Home Minister to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister&aposs > reply to it. > > He demanded copy of the letter, its reply, file notings and other relevant > documents on the issue of"black money"in the Swiss banks under the RTI Act. > > Rgds :Leslie Almeida >
