RTI Act does not require any citizens to produce any proof of citizenship or identity at the time of seeking information. That's why Central Govt. and many State Govt. have not made any provision of submission of proof of citizenship at the time of applying for information under their respective Rules. But In Odisha, The State Govt. under Odisha RTI Rules have made mandatory provision of submitting proof of citizenship at the time of submitting RTI Application under section 6(1) of the RTI Act. For which many RTI Activists who have been seeking information to expose corruption in Odisha have been identified by the goons and beaten up severely. False case has been lodged against them. We the RTI Activists in Odisha have been demanding for withdrawal of this system in the state since 2006. The identity of whistle blower should not be disclosed.
Regards
Pradip Pradhan
RTI Activist, Odisha
On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 9:14 AM, Naveen Tewari <nct.lko@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Mr. Sarbajit,Pl refer to your mail below. Of course the ID proof will be mandatory in the case of access to information under 4-1b too if it is so for disclosure since the Right is given only to Indian Citizens. The act itself says so in its preamble, section-2(j)and section 3. It is a different matter though that the information available on the website can be accessed by anyone as of now.Please stop the practice of pronouncing laws.SincerelyNaveen Tewari
Sent from my iPhoneMandar
The RTI Act distinguishes between information "dissemination" (ie. proactively / suo-moto) to the entire world, and information "disclosure" (ie. on formal application to be provided to AN INDIAN CITIZEN - WITHIN INDIA on payment).
In the 2nd case, the public authority can demand proof of the above 2 criteria before disclosing the information.
PS: I haven't read the PHC judgment as yet.
SarbajitOn Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 2:11 AM, Mandar Jog <mandarjog@gmail.com> wrote:I think we should be able to request this anonymously.
RTI act Chapter II, 1(a) says that the public authority should have this info computerized and easily accessible.
Someone had to put in an RTI request because information that should have been public was not public.
If the information was public in the first place, it could have been accessed anonymously.
I understand that we should protect the system from requests whose only intent is to burden the system, but there are other ways to achieve that.
Whether some information is public or not does not and should not depend on who is asking for it.
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