Re: [HumJanenge] Former IB chief among 3 new Information Commissioners at CIC

The qualifications for appointment as IC include that the person must
be"eminent" and have wide knowledge and experience in law, social
service, media, etc etc. See section 12 of RTI Act.

On 3/2/12, deodutta rajwade <rajwade49er@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Are outstanding defence service officers qualified for SUCH posts?
> ________________________________
> From: Vijendra Singh <vijendra5558@gmail.com>
> To: humjanenge@googlegroups.com
> Cc: Karnataka Intiative RTI <thekirti@yahoogroups.com>; RTI Group
> <KRTIF@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Friday, March 2, 2012 8:19 PM
> Subject: Re: [HumJanenge] Former IB chief among 3 new Information
> Commissioners at CIC
>
>
> Selection comittee did not perform its duties honestly at all. they were
> dutiful to see that the govt deptts under the 3 selected govt officers/
> I.Cs never denied the asked rti information contrary to rti spirit.
> If their ministry / deptt /institution ever denied the information to rti
> applicants disrespecting the RTI spirit ; those highest officers are also
> responsible for the misdeeds of info refusals absurdly by their junior
> officers. So such irresponsible officers must never be selected for pious
> post of the Info Commissioners.
> I am quite sure that the dishonest leaders' committee of manmohansingh,
> chidambaram, sushmaswaraj never put this test on the candidates; and they
> absurdly ,illegally , immorally selected the wrongdoers.
> I know well ; and whole the world know well that the officers of the 3
> deptts under the 3 selected officers/ IC candidates refused several
> times to provide the bonafide , discloseable information to the RTI
> seekers absurdly killing the RTI laws and spirit.
> Therefore the selection committee has committed sin/ crime knowingly , and
> conspiringly so that the information can be absurdly, forcibly denied to the
> rti seekers.
> so they have snatched the FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO SPEECH from the citizens.
> Sushmaswaraj has done more wrong because she was not known as dishonest.
> But now it is evident that not even a single leader in this country is
> honest.
> God save my India.
> vijendra singh ,meerut
>
>
> On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 12:00 PM, Vikram Simha <vikramsimha54@yahoo.co.in>
> wrote:
>
> A similar Article But offcourse High lighting Mr Seth Being From Bangalore
> (or is Residing ?) is Appearing in Todays Deccan Herald.
>> Since I Come across Several RTI requests being turned down by PIOs in
>> Banks Mostly on Very Silly issues or Requests which never fall under the
>> Fiduciary Capacity Shelter Clause , It would be a Good Proposition to
>> Keenly Observe this Person if Appointed .
>>I also Understand by Documents Supplied by CIC itself that IBA which is
>> just an Association has issued letters of caution/instructions to CEO's of
>> all Public Sector Banks of What information should be Parted or not. This
>> Association is not a Public authority
>>Mr Seth was One of the Managing committee member at that time .
>>For Breveity i cite one Sample refusal under Fiduciary clause being " the
>> Inward register of RTI Appln's includes the details of the applications
>> which were submitted by other parties to the CPIO under the act (meaning
>> RTI act) as this information relates to personal information the
>> disclosure of which has no relationship to any public activity or interest
>> or disclosure of such information would cause unwarrented invasion of the
>> privacy of any individiual as such information sought cannot be provided
>>Freinds can offer thier Comments
>>N vikramsimha , KRIA Koota , #12 Sumeru Sir M N Krishna Rao Road ,
>> Basvangudi < Bangalore 560004.
>>
>>
>>--- On Sat, 25/2/12, sarbajit roy <sroy.mb@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> From: sarbajit roy <sroy.mb@gmail.com>
>>> Subject: [HumJanenge] Former IB chief among 3 new Information
>>> Commissioners at CIC
>>> To: "HumJanenge Forum People's Right to Information, RTI Act 2005"
>>> <HumJanenge@googlegroups.com>
>>> Date: Saturday, 25 February, 2012, 10:43 PM
>>
>>> http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/former-ib-chief-among-3-new-information-commissioners-at-cic/articleshow/12034174.cms
>>>
>>> NEW DELHI: The government has shortlisted a former chief of
>>> Intelligence Bureau, a banker and a former bureaucrat as
>>> three new
>>> Information Commissioners at the transparency panel CIC.
>>>
>>> Former IB Chief Rajiv Mathur, former Environment Secretary
>>> Vijai
>>> Sharma and Syndicate Bank Chairman and Managing Director
>>> Basant Seth
>>> have been shortlisted as new faces at the Central
>>> Information
>>> Commission which is overburdened with over 20,000 pending
>>> appeals
>>> under the Right to Information Act, official sources said.
>>>
>>> A panel headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh which
>>> included Law
>>> Minister Salman Khurshid and Leader of Opposition Sushma
>>> Swaraj
>>> shortlisted the names of these people recently, they said.
>>>
>>> According to the RTI Act, the complete strength of the
>>> transparency
>>> panel is a Chief Information Commissioner and 10 Central
>>> Information
>>> Commissioners. As of now there are just five Information
>>> Commissioners
>>> leaving a shortage of five.
>>>
>>> A formal announcement on the appointment would be made
>>> shortly, they
>>> said.
>>>
>>> Mathur, a 1972 batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre, has
>>> served IB
>>> for nearly three decades including 15 years in Washington.
>>> He took
>>> over the reigns of the agency in January 2009, before
>>> retiring on
>>> December 31, 2010.
>>>
>>> Sharma, a 1974 batch IAS officer, from Uttar Pradesh cadre,
>>> was
>>> secretary in Union Environment Ministry before his
>>> superannuation in
>>> December 2010.
>>>
>>> He held number of positions in the state including State
>>> Housing
>>> Secretary, State Environment Secretary and Chairman of State
>>> Pollution
>>> Control Board among others.
>>>
>>> Seth who is the CMD of Syndicate Bank, Bangalore has held
>>> senior
>>> positions in Small Industries Development Bank and Bank of
>>> India.
>>>
>>
>
>
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> Vijendra Singh
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