Hi sarbajitr, I perfectly agree with your contention. such misused should be curtailed.
Best Regards - Mohammed Afzal, Mumbai. _____________________________________________________ On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 7:24 PM, sarbajitr <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Dear NEN > > 1) Democracy does not give an individual or group the right to appropriate > all the limited resources for oneself or one's group. > > 2) If an individual files 300 RTI's since 2006 (FYI: I have probably only > filed about 20 since 2002) and who then whinges that he is being targeted > (Duuh !!!), responsible NGOs (like NEN ?) should disabuse such deluded > people and set them on the right track. Unfortunately the NGOS involved are > more interested in demonstrating that RTI is not working - at the behest of > their foreign puppet / pay / spy masters. > > 3) I shall give you one example. A Mr Prashant Garg of East of kaliash > Delhi, filed a total of 119 RTIs in the span of 2 months to about 5 P/As of > Delhi, on the same question "Why was a bus stop erected outside my house?". > Of course as democratic citizen of India he has a "right" to do so. All of > them reached the CIC in 2nd Appeal / Complaint. Over 20+ separate hearings > (in 119 registered cases) were held between Mr Habibullah and Mr Tiwari. IC > Tiwari was so frustrated that he passed an order saying that this was a > totally frivolous case emanating from a completely "vexatious" and > "frivolous" applicant AND THAT NO FURTHER REPLIES WERE TO BE GIVEN TO HIM BY > THE P/AS CONCERNED. > > 4) In the meantime, Mr Habibullah's office had issued show-cause notices to > many PIOs including to Mr Dependra Pathak (Addl Commissioner Police HQ - > Delhi) who claimed he had "forwarded" it to to the PIO of the Traffic > Police. Mr Pathak showed up for the hearing accompanied by about 10 senior > officers who informed Mr Habibullah that if any adverse order was passed > against Mr Pathak his life was not worth 2 matches. A scape-goat (a very > junior ASI) was propped up so that Mr Pathak could walk. I assisted him in > his defence, stating that a) Delhi Police being a "single public authority" > Mr Pathak could not "transfer" the RTI requests to another PIO. b) Mr Pathak > could only seek the assistance of any other officer - but that individual > could not further seek assistance of anyone else (or to render that person > liable for penalty), c) That Mr Tiwari had clearly issued orders that no > further action was to be taken for Mr Prashant Garg's RTIs (and the same > should be located and published on CIC website so that there is no dispute). > > 5) It has been aver 18 months now. Mr Habibullah has failed to pass any > orders in this case. His officers are demanding heavy bribes to pass a > decision. So lets analyse the consequences of excessive RTIing > > a) It breeds and fosters corruption > > b) Ordinary, responsible citizens are denied their ENTAILMENTS. > > c) Ordinary coitizens are branded as "activists", "troublemakers", > "vexatious", and "frivolous". > > d) Parliament / Govt demands that vexatious and frivolous applicants should > be muzzled. > > e) The NGO crowd are very happy because they have a new (self created) > issue to further rouse the public and convert them to whichever brand of > separationism they front for. > > f) We waste the time of this forum with non-issues. > > So Dear "NEN", if you have to say something useful about RTI here please do > so, this group is not a dumping ground for messages CCed to Hum Janenge or > anti-bribery or all those other Yahoo groups populated by the pests of RTI. > > FYI, I also have Assamese blood. > > Sarbajit > > > --- In [email protected] <rti_india%40yahoogroups.com>, "Assam > NEN" <assam...@...> wrote: > > > > Mr. Sarbajit, > > > > Firstly, RTI is a democratic legal tool which can be used for getting any > information by any citizen from public authority. Its a public > accountability tool for any grievance issue. > > Secondly, you cannot brand anyone as extra-constitutional actors or > agencies just because you disagree with them. > > > > Thirdly, what is worse that you are stretching it to issues which concern > the North East with its diverse communities whereas an issue of corruption > can be raised by any citizen from any part of India. > > > > From NEN. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: sarbajit roy > > To: [email protected] <rti_india%40yahoogroups.com> > > Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 3:51 PM > > Subject: Re: [rti_india] Request for help > > > > > > > > > > Dear Assam NEN > > > > The person whose story is being recounted is not a member of this group. > It is not good practice to circulate unsubstantiated rumors and allegations > for 3rd parties over a *PUBLIC* forum like RTI_India.. > > > > The fact that this individual has filed 300+ RTI applications and is > being targeted is precisely what concerns us. These are the so-called RTI > activist misusers creating problems for ordinary citizens who use RTI > occasionally for their own private purposes and not to get "certificates" > from RTI touts and haraamis owing fealty to the NCPRI. > > > > In any case, now that the activist has reported the matter to the Police > and taken his FIR, he will surely now get the peace his actions have brought > upon him. Assam is now a violence affected state, the majority of these > activists are aligned to the n-# of non-State armed factions, Ulfa , Sulfa, > Chakma, Bodo, Naga etc etc. > > > > Sarbajit > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 2:55 PM, Assam NEN <assam...@...> wrote: > > > > > > Dear Friends, > > > > This is a recent case of threat to an activist working on RTI issues in > > Darrang district of Assam.Do keep note and help in whatever way you can. > > > > Threat to RTI Activists Mr.Mati Ram Nath > > > > Sir/Madam, > > > > I am Mati Ram Nath aged: 40years hailing from Garoimara village under > > Sipajhar Police Station of Darrang Dist. of Assam. My occupation is > > cultivation. > > > > >
