Re: [HumJanenge] IAS officer fined Rs 27K for holding back information

Congratulation to the applicant and the IC.  The IAS/babus are the basis of all coruuption. They should be fined double than junior babu, beside starting the departmental/disciplinar action for not obeying the law.  beniwal

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From: Sankar Pani <sankarprasadpani@gmail.com>
To: humjanenge@googlegroups.com
Sent: Sunday, 9 October 2011 5:08 AM
Subject: Re: [HumJanenge] IAS officer fined Rs 27K for holding back information

penalty in no circumstance should exceed than that of prescribed
limit.This is the founding principle of penal jurisprudence and i
donot think any authority can overrule. However there are instances
where the defaulting PIO have been ordered to pay comp amount to the
applicant basing on expenses incurred. So here nothing is to be happy
or sad by exceeding ones authority and the info comission donot enjoy
any such discretionary power as enjoyed by writ courts.

On 10/9/11, Hari Goyal <haridgoyal@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Mr Anand,
>
> What do you want? just to find faults? First time an IAS officer has been
> fined for withholding information from
> a RTI Applicant. You should be happy if you are against corruption in India
> and consider RTI a tool of some worth.
> As an experienced RTI activist (75 years old) and former Professor of
> Economics in Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of
> Administration, Mussoorie (1981-84) know well that most of the officers find
> it safe not to reply or if in some cases they are
> directed by Central Information Commission to reply within 15 or 30 days;
> not to implement the decision/order. It is common
> under the leadership and patronage of Chief Minister of Delhi.
>
> I am Indian Economic Service officer of 1968 Batch and my Contemporary Mr.
> Wajahat Habibullah of 1968 Batch of J & K cadre
> could not do any thing to bring any change through RTI Act in Delhi
> Government's Corruption Scenario.
>
> Please don't find faults that 25k should have been not 27K as per the RTI
> Act. When Chief Information Commissioner is not concerned
> about the spirit of the RTI Act, why should you be?
>
> Dr. H. D. Goyal
> 09.10.2011
>
> Oct 2011 21:57:09 +0530
>> Subject: [HumJanenge] IAS officer fined Rs 27K for holding back
>> information
>> From: acfanand@gmail.com
>> To: acfanand@gmail.com
>>
>> How can a PIO can be penalized for Rs. 27,000?
>>
>> IAS officer fined Rs 27K for holding back information
>>
>> Bangalore Mirror
>>
>> The State Information Commission (SIC) has fined an IAS officer Rs 27000
>> for sitting on a Right to Information (RTI) application and not providing
>> answers even after two years. This is the first such fine in the state.
>> The
>> officer in the dock is the ...
>>
>> http://www.bangaloremirror.com/index.aspx?page=article§id=10&contentid=2011100820111008070555146753e37cb
>>
>> --
>> Anand S.
>> Coordinator, Anti Corruption Forum
>> Bangalore 560 085.
>> Cell No. +91-98450-39699
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