Dear Sirs, There's nothing new in this circular apart from the fact that it has great nuisance value and susceptible to abuse.
Unless & until the Govt. comes clean about it's policy on classification of records it will make a mockery of information dissemination process. The said circular is OK if seen through the narrow confines of RTI Act. But appears bad in the larger context. I also bring to the notice of members a similar decision in a case decided by CIC in Venkatesh Nayak vs MHA and a related news item. http://bit.ly/9hmaEP http://cic.gov.in/CIC-Orders/SS-08122009-04.pdf On 7 May 2010 05:18, sarbajitr <[email protected]> wrote: > > Motion for discussion / adoption: > > "RTI_India welcomes DoPT's clarification that when one Govt body ("Y") sends > confidential information (say interdepartmental consultations) to another > Govt body ("X"), the PIO of the receiving body X cannot disclose the > information under RTI Act 2005 without issuing mandatory 3rd party notice to > originating P/A Y." > > http://persmin.gov.in/WriteData/CircularNotification/ScanDocument/RTI/8_2_2010-IR.pdf > > (Note: the logic of this statement may not easily understood by our members, > so it would be good if queries / views are posted which I shall reply to / > explain. Otherwise, the motion will deemed as adopted.) > > Sarbajit > Moderator >
