Re: [HumJanenge] Orissa Police Circular on RTI

DEAR ALL

I SEND WARM GREETINGS ON THE EVE OF HOLI THE FESTIVAL OF COLOUR.
REGARDS
DR. J.N. SHARMA
ADVOCATE/HUMANRIGHTS ACTIVIST

On 3/19/11, Pradip Pradhan <pradippradhan63@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear friends
>
> Please find attached herewith circular dated 16.11.2010 issued by
> Director General of Police, Orissa declaring all Police Districts,
> Estts. Including Police stations as Public Authorities and designating
> PIOs, APIOs and 1st Appellate Authority in all offices to comply the
> Right to Information Act. The said circular has been produced and
> filed by DG of Police as an affidavit before Hon'ble High Court while
> complying to a PIL case filed by Sri Nimananda Biswal, RTI Applicant of
> Jagatsingh Pur whose RTI Application was rejected by local police station
> on the ground that there is no PIO in the police station in 2007. He filed
> complaint case in the office of Orissa Information Commission. The case was
> heard by Mr. D.N.Padhi, the then Chief Information Commissioner who
> disposed the case without providing the information to the
> complainant. However
> the said circular has instructed the concerned office to designate PIO and
> APIO in the local Police stations in order to comply the Act.
>
>
>
> I request all of you to disseminate the circular among all section of the
> people and experience whether system was developed to complying the Act
> as per instruction from DG, Police through submitting RTI application in
> these Police stations.
>
>
>
> Regards
> Pradip Pradhan RTI Activist, Orissa M- 99378-43482
>