Re: [rti4empowerment] Fwd: State CIC aims to dispose of 550 appeals per month .... TOI 12 Jul pg 7

Information commissioners are appointed by the Executive. Obviously they have obey "Their Master's Voice"

From: SHASHI KUMAR.A.R. <rudreshtechnology@gmail.com>
To: rti4empowerment@googlegroups.com
Sent: Monday, 16 July 2012, 0:24
Subject: Re: [rti4empowerment] Fwd: State CIC aims to dispose of 550 appeals per month .... TOI 12 Jul pg 7

In the name of disposing pending cases urgently , The doubt raised here  whether the common man can able to get the correct and relevant  information sought ,

 Presently the information commissioners are not going through the rti applications of the information seekers thoroughly and  and not applying their minds whether the information sought is completely provided by the PIO's etc But they are interested in Quick disposal ,

 In karnataka it is very common  The petitioners has to wait more than 1 year for their hearing at KIC , But the cases are disposed within fraction of seconds , If the Petitioner is present in  most of the cases the submissions made by them not recorded , Only PIO's submissions are recorded , The PIO'S  exhibits some  postal acknowledgements for sending the information  even on date of hearing but the Information commissioners are not verifying on what date information sent , whether the  correct and relevant information is provided or not , if there is a delay in most of the cases penalty is not imposed  ,  If the petitioner is absent then the cases will be closed within fraction of seconds , Day by day the information commissioners are making the act dummy to help the corrupt system .

ARS KUMAR BE,LLB , MA JOURNALISM 

On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 6:16 PM, DSouza Wilberious Evanglist <wilevades@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

Dear Mr Prabhu,

Again i have been misread by you. Read again.

 

That is why (it is because we did not use it as brahmastra & not becuase RTI Act was lacking)RTI has become a needle that can only prick instead of being a brahmastra(creators potent weapon)

From: Bhaskar Prabhu <mahitiadhikarmanch@gmail.com>
To: rti4empowerment@googlegroups.com

Sent: Sunday, 15 July 2012, 14:26

Subject: Re: [rti4empowerment] Fwd: State CIC aims to dispose of 550 appeals per month .... TOI 12 Jul pg 7

Dear friend,

That is your perception and RTI has not been enacted as Brahmastra. It is a needle that wakes a person.

Thanks.
Bhaskar

On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 1:22 PM, DSouza Wilberious Evanglist <wilevades@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

It is a misconception. It is not pessimissm but, all of us aim somewhere & shoot elsewhere. That is why RTI has become a needle that can only prick instead of being a brahmastra(creators potent weapon)

From: Bhaskar Prabhu <mahitiadhikarmanch@gmail.com>
To: rti4empowerment@googlegroups.com
Sent: Sunday, 15 July 2012, 9:50
Subject: Re: [rti4empowerment] Fwd: State CIC aims to dispose of 550 appeals per month .... TOI 12 Jul pg 7

Appriciate your efforts to insert the negative thoughts in my mind, this does not help in long run.

Bhaskar

On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 7:34 PM, DSouza Wilberious Evanglist <wilevades@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

Dear Bhasker Prabhu,

New broom sweeps well ????!!! but, soon it will be, in the company of pigling, calf also begins to eat night soil.

From: Bhaskar Prabhu <mahitiadhikarmanch@gmail.com>
To: Vikram Simha <vikramsimha54@yahoo.co.in>; rti_india@googlegroups.com; rti_india@yahoogroups.com; rti4empowerment@googlegroups.com
Sent: Saturday, 14 July 2012, 10:29
Subject: [rti4empowerment] Fwd: State CIC aims to dispose of 550 appeals per month .... TOI 12 Jul pg 7

YOUR
RIGHT TO KNOW

State CIC aims to dispose of 550 appeals per month

Prafulla Marpakwar TNN

Mumbai: After taking over as the state chief information commissioner, Ratnakar Gaikwad has put on fast track the entire set-up to provide information to the common man. Besides setting a target for disposal of pending appeals within six months, Gaikwad has knocked at the doors of all the heads of departments for implementation of the RTI Act in letter and spirit.
    "I found that a large number of appeals are pending across the state. All regional commissioners will have to draft a strategy for early disposal. In 24 working days, since I took over, I have disposed of 400 appeals. I have decided to dispose of at least 550 appeals per month," Gaikwad said.
    The former chief secretary said that while 4,500 appeals are pending before the CIC, nearly 21,000 appeals are pending across the state before regional commissioners. "I studied the working of central information commissioner Shailesh Gandhi, who disposed of 500 to 550 appeals a month. It should not be difficult to do the same," he said.
    Gaikwad has drafted an ambitious plan to bring in more accountability. "We must set a deadline," he said.
    On reviewing RTI Act implementation, Gaikwad found there was lack of seriousness at all levels and authorities did not pay enough attention on implementation. "First appellate authorities are not passing orders within 30 days and in many cases, orders are not well reasoned," Gaikwad said in a letter to civic chief Sitaram Kunte.
    Further, Gaikwad said, a scrutiny reveals that immediate superiors of officers dealing with RTI were not concerned about implementation.
    Gaikwad has asked the BMC to catalogue all records, make them available to the public, make record management technologically driven, make special arrangements for aid to citizens, conduct a monthly review of receipt and disposal of applications and monitor compliance of CIC orders. He has further asked the BMC to take seriously all hearings before the CIC or the commissioner, depute a senior official for the purpose and draft a plan for implementing CIC directives. "Any lapse in the implementation hereafter will be viewed seriously," Gaikwad warned.

Number of appeals pending in state: 20,606

•Mumbai : 4,094

•Konkan : 1,728

•Pune : 4,856

•Aurangabad : 3,252

•Nashik : 2,734

•Amravati : 1,703

•Nagpur : 599

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Yours in service of RTI

Bhaskar Prabhu
Mahiti Adhikar Manch
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Yours in service of RTI

Bhaskar Prabhu
Mahiti Adhikar Manch
9892102424

www.facebook.com/mahitiadhikarmanch

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Yours in service of RTI

Bhaskar Prabhu
Mahiti Adhikar Manch
9892102424

www.facebook.com/mahitiadhikarmanch