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________________________________ From: Bhaskar Prabhu <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, 26 January, 2010 12:56:35 PM Subject: Re: [rti_india] Information Commissioners need to tackle at least 4,000 complaints a year, says CIC Dear Malay, This what we have been insisting in Mumbai and maharashtra. , they should clear atleast 4000 appeals and complaints per year per commissioner. We keeping continuous pressure IC in Mumbai on the same matter. Bhaskar Prabhu Mahuiti Adhikar Manch On 1/26/10, Malay Bhattacharyya <bhattacharyyamalay@ yahoo.co. in> wrote: >Information Commissioners need to tackle at least 4,000 complaints a year, >says CIC >http://www.indianex press.com/ news/information -commissioners- >need-to-tackle- at-least- 4-000-complaints -a-y.../571673/ >Shiv Sahay Singh Posted online: Monday , Jan 25, 2010 at 0024 hrs >Kolkata : Central Information Commissioner Shailesh Gandhi on Sunday said that >a benchmark performance should be fixed for Information Commissioners and they >should dispose of at least 4,000 complaints each year. >Speaking on the sidelines of an RTI workshop in Kolkata, Gandhi said, “The >government spends Rs 20-25 lakh per year on an information commissioner. There >should be a performance norm for Information Commissioners where they should >dispose of 4,000 cases of complaints.” >Gandhi, an RTI activist-turned- information commissioner, said the response to >the Act in West Bengal was very poor. Since 2005, when the Act came into >existence, only 20,000 RTI applications have been filed in the state in >contrast to Maharashtra where over 5 lakh applications were filed in 2009 >alone. >“Throughout the country the government has not done much for the RTI. It is >the people who have come forward and a similar role should be played by the >people here too,” he said. >On the appointment of second State Information Commissioner in Bengal after >the commission complained of lack of proper workforce to dispose of >complaints, Gandhi said the number of RTI appeals suggest that there was no >need for two information commissioners. >He also said the process of appointment of information commissioner is flawed. >“Even I was appointed through a flawed process. The vacancy should be >advertised in public domain and then a candidate should be shortlisted,” said >Gandhi > > >JUSTICE 4 ALL ! > ________________________________ The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. Your Mail works best with the New Yahoo Optimized IE8. Get it NOW! http://downloads.yahoo.com/in/internetexplorer/
