*Dear Members, Mr Wajahat Habibullah says "Govt. not doing enough to promote RTI Act".
The question is, other than intentionally delaying the RTI information and encroaching upon my fundamental right to information by abusing RTI and by abusing authority, what is he himself doing as the empowered and protected by law as the Chief Information Commissioner of Central Information Commission of India? Delay analysis of the pending cases with ICs at CIC shows him as the worst performer among all the ICs at CIC. He himself personally told me more than nine months back that mine was a simple RTI case and he would take it up expeditiously. However, even after getting reply from DoPT, he is neither taking up the case for hearing nor refusing to hear it nor transferring it to another IC at CIC for hearing. He is just sitting tight on it without any response to me. My be, the way corrupt & pliable bureaucrats in India possibly would do, he is waiting for a green signal from the de-facto Supreme Authority of India having no constitutional entity - Chairperson of UPA Govt Smt Sonia Gandhi. With kind regards, -- (Babubhai Vaghela)) C 202, Shrinandnagar V, Makarba Road Vejalpur, Ahmedabad - 380051 M - 94276 08632 (Administrator - Google Group - Right to Information Act 2005) http://groups.google.com/group/Right-to-Information-Act-2005/about?hl=en PS: Annexures to my message "I have no faith in the impartiality and the integrity of biased Shri Wajahat Habibullah CIC : Such complaints are always brought to the notice of the concerned from whom you might expect a reply" are at - http://groups.google.com/group/Right-to-Information-Act-2005/browse_thread/thread/930dd6c538f573f2?hl=en -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Govt. not doing enough to promote RTI Act: CIC* New Delhi (PTI): The RTI Act, which was passed with the aim to bringing transparency in governance, completes four years on sunday but Chief Information Commissioner Wajahat Habibullah feels the the government is not doing enough to promote it among the people. "It is true that government has not done enough to promote the RTI Act among the masses. The Department of Personnel and Training, which is the nodal authority in this regard is in the process of coming up with a proposal to spread awareness about the RTI Act," Mr. Habibullah told PTI. "As of now it is the citizens themselves who are forming groups and NGOs to create awareness about usage and applicability of the Act," he said. Initiatives to promote the Act are envisaged under Section 26 of the same. He was not the only one complaining. Several experts, RTI activists and organisations also feel the same. "The amount spent by the Central government towards (raising) awareness of this Act is less than the penalties collected by the PIOs. More steps and programmes should be undertaken by the government to educate citizens about this people-friendly Act," C.J. Karira, moderator with rtiindia.org, a portal dedicated to raising awareness about the RTI Act, said. http://www.thehindu.com/holnus/002200906141111.htm <http://www.thehindu.com/holnus/002200906141111.htm> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: vaghelabd <[email protected]> Date: Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 4:26 AM Subject: I have no faith in the impartiality and the integrity of biased Shri Wajahat Habibullah CIC : Such complaints are always brought to the notice of the concerned from whom you might expect a reply To: Wajahat Habibullah CIC <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], PKP Shreyaskar Under Scy CIC < [email protected]>, Prof M M Ansari Information Commissioner CIC < [email protected]>, "L C Singhi Joint Secretary (Law) CIC" <[email protected]>, Visha APIO IOC CO Delhi <[email protected]>, [email protected], "Satish Kumar PIO & ED (HR) IOC New Delhi" <[email protected]>, "Gautam Dutta ED (HR) IOC HO" <[email protected]>, "G C Daga Director (Marketing) IOC" <[email protected]>, "V C Agarwal Director (HR) IOC" < [email protected]>, S Behuria Chairman IOC <[email protected]>, "Smt. Rajni Razdan Secretary AR PG&P" <[email protected]>, Cabinet Secretary to Government of India <[email protected]>, Help Supreme Court < [email protected]>, "\"Hon'ble Speaker Lok Sabha Parliament\"" < [email protected]>, Hon'ble Vice President of India < [email protected]>, Hon'ble Prime Minister <[email protected]>, Smt Pratibha Patil Hon'ble President of India <[email protected]> Shri Wajahat Habibullah,Chief Information Commissioner, Central Information Commission, New Delhi Dear Sir, Kindly refer to the correspondence forwarded herewith alongwith the related annexures. Also, kindly refer to my personal request to you on 12th September 2008 at your office on disposal of my long pending RTI cases with you personally and also with Prof M M Ansari IC at CIC. I also requested Prof M M Ansari who bluntly conveyed that he had nothing to do with my pending RTI cases against IOC though they are lying unregistered in his office even after more than two years. Thus, he has obstructed the RTI information from IOC that I requested during 2005-06. You personally assured me of the expeditious hearing pending with you and, as directed by you, I met Mr P K Shreyaskar in your office and gave him the required details. Thereafter, I had been following up with him by emails to which he has not responded. I followed up over phone but every time I ring him up, I am informed that he is busy in the meeting & my calls are not returned. I find that during the last more than three years, you have acted in a biased manner and have not disposed off my RTI serious complaints & second appeals while you have preferred to dispose off RTI complaints & second appeals. Thus, you have acted in an arbitrary, illegal and unethical manner. My complaints to you against Prof M M Ansari have also remained pending and grievances not redressed thereby denying me the justice overdue to me. Further, you have preferred not to respond at all to my request to inform me of your asset details as also those of other ICs at CIC that you are heading. While you have conveyed to me by email that "I am not in the business of justice", you cannot wish away the delivery of justice discharging the judicial function as the Information Commissioner. Still further, in the matter of justice, I quote Canons of Judicial Ethics at (http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/new_links/MC_Setalvad.3.11.2007.pdf): Quote: Recusal: A judge may often encounter situations where a conflict of interest arises orwhere there is an apparent conflict of interest which may require him to recuse himself from the matter. Bias is one of the factors that may require recusal. While considering the question of bias a judge may have to evaluate not only whether he would indeed be influenced in his decision but also whether he may be perceived as being biased which may weaken public trust ultimately. Ethical considerations play a decisive role ininfluencing a judge's recusal from a case. Unquote: In view of the above, I wish to inform that have lost trust in your impartiality & integrity. I find you to be an unethical person holding high office. You are not only biased but highly biased against me. I, therefore, make a public appeal to recuse yourself from hearing any of my RTI complaints / second appeals hereafter. Kindly confirm at your earliest. With kind 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) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Babubhai Vaghela <[email protected]> Date: Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 5:04 PM Subject: Thats Fair Enough : Such complaints are always brought to the notice of the concerned from whom you might expect a reply To: Wajahat Habibullah CIC <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Shri Wajahat Habibullah, CIC, CIC, New Delhi Dear Sir, Received reply from you. *Thats fair enough.* I would like to get the information that I have requested but has been wrongly refused. *The cases are pending at CIC New Delhi for the last two years. * Five copies of the complaints / second appeals, as was requested from me, have already been submitted to CIC. *Total weight of it was 2.5 kilograms.*Relevant details enclosed herewith for your kind perusal. *Summary of the same is as under*: - Information requested from IOC during 2005-06 IOC Mumbai and IOC Delhi. Hearing took place on 22nd September 2006. Order pronounced on 28th September 2006 for only 4 out of 35 cases heard. Two more cases, CIC to decide which one, still pending out of grand total of 37. Information awaited from IOC for 33 cases. - RTI Application VAGHELABDMAPQ1 pertaining to information on recruitment and separation from DoPT GOI - Complaint pending with CIC. - RTI application Ref: bdvmap1 on GOI policy on reservation on Group A posts pertaining to DoPT GOI. - Complaint pending with CIC. Before proceeding for hearing of these cases, I request for - *CIC file nos* for all these cases since I have not received and - *Copies of the responses of the PIOs / FAAs* to enable me *to submit rejoinders in each case* as I have not received the responses from the concerned PIOs / FAAs or CIC. *Hope to see you *at your office at Delhi on 11th Sept afternoon / 12th September 2008 afternoon if possible for you to spare few minutes *for personal discussion on long pending information.* *You may kindly advise me for further needful at my end.* With kind regards, -- Babubhai Vaghela, RTI appellant, 202, Sarap, Opp Navjivan Press, Off Ashram Road, Ahmedabad - 380 014 *M - 94276 08632* ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Vaghela B D <[email protected]> Date: Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 3:44 PM Subject: FW: Re: Such complaints are always brought to the notice of the concerned from whom you might expect a reply To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sorry! I'm not in the business of getting you 'justice'. That is the business of the courts. I can only get you information Wajahat ----- Original Message ----- From: Babubhai Vaghela <[email protected]> Date: Monday, September 8, 2008 10:37 am Subject: Such complaints are always brought to the notice of the concerned from whom you might expect a reply To: Wajahat Habibullah CIC <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] > Mr Wajahat Habibullah, *> Chief Information Commissioner, > Central Information Commission, > New Delhi* > Dear Sir, > Seen your response - non-committal and bureaucrtaic (sic). > My request is plain and simple. - *> Whether can **you **give me justice or not?* - *> And, how many years would it take for you to get me the justice?* > Kindly refrain from maintaining silence and also from evasive, non-committal and bureaucrtaic reply like a cleric cadre person. > You are the Head of the Commission to strengthen Accountability and Transparency in the public administration of the biggest democracy of the world and and I am expecting a specific reply to the specific question from him - not from Mr Wajahat Habibullah. *> If you cannot get me the justice requested, please say so but **kindly be specific. **I am prepared to forget the matter.* > With kind regards, > -- > Babubhai Vaghela > 202, Sarap, Opp Navjivan Press, > Off Ashram Road, Ahmedabad - 380 014 > M - 94276 08632 > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Vaghela B D <[email protected]> > Date: Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 9:41 PM > Subject: FW: Re: Aapki bolti bandh ho jaati hai - RTI ref - vaghelabdhoq6 > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Such complaints are always brought to the notice of the concerned from whom you might expect a reply *Wajahat* [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
