Wednesday, July 19, 2017

[IAC#RG] COMPLAINT re: non-functional GNCTD RTI web portal

To
Chief Minister GNCTD
Dear Chief Minister

I refer to certain social media exchanges on Twitter.com between top leadership of INDIA AGAINST CORRUPTION and Ms Varsha Joshi concerning GNCTD's Draft parking policy and inviting public comments thereon.

http://www.delhi.gov.in/wps/wcm/connect/DoIT_Transport/transport/whats+new/notice+to+invite+responses+or+suggestions+on+draft+parking+policy+in+delhi

When INDIA AGAINST CORRUPTION objected to Ms. Varsha Joshi, IAS (Transport Commissioner - Addl. charge) that there was insuffiicent section 4(1)(c) RTI Act proactive disclosure to enable us to respond to the draft policy, we were advised by her to file online RTI on the newly inaugurated portal.

Thereafter the GNCTD RTI portal was non-functional for us the whole day with timeouts from E-SBI gateway so that we could not pay the prescribed fee. Accordingly when we provided our list of relevant facts to be disclosed, in RTI or otherwise, to enable us to respond to the public notice, your IAS officer initially questioned our sanity, then advised us to use paper mode to file our RTI and thereafter blocked us after again questioining our sanity.

Accordingly please find appended below a list of information we are very urgently requesting suo-moto from GNCTD to respond to this public notice.

I would also strongly urge you to instruct your officers to avoid social media and/or not use it to selectively disclose official information (especially to foreigners) outside of RTI Act. I remind you of the DOPT Conduct Rules which are applicable to your officers and which they are expected to follow as emanating from their cadre controlling authority.

Kindly acknowledge receipt of our grievance promptly since we wish to respond to the draft parking policy and its related matters.

Sincerely

Sarbajit Roy
National Convenor
INDIA AGAINST CORRUPTION
B-59 Defence Colony
New Delhi 110024

Tel : +91-8010205897

INFORMATION REQUEST TO TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT (not submitted due to web portal failure)

Please immediately give me the following specific documents at prescribed fee in mode specified so that I can properly respond to your public notice on Draft parking policy published in Hindustan Times of 17 July 2017 after knowing all the relevant facts concerning this policy.

1) Copy of all information with or accessible to Transport Dept GNCTD relating to formulation of draft parking policy

2) Copy of all files, records, file notings, loose sheets etc. relating to parking policy within NCT Delhi.

3) Copy of all files, records, file notings, loose sheets etc. relating to formulation of parking policies within NCT Delhi since 1956 (see DDA Act 1957).

4) Copy of all files, records, file notings, loose sheets etc. relating to litigation and PILS, Writ Petitions etc concerning parking policy/s within NCT Delhi.

5) Copy of all files, records, file notings, loose sheets etc. related to registered Taxi Cab aggregators and their operations in Delhi

6) Copy of all files, records, file notings, loose sheets etc. related to unregistered Taxi Cab aggregators and their operations in Delhi

7) Copy of all files, records, file notings, loose sheets etc. related to enforcement actions against unregistered Taxi Cab aggregators operating in Delhi

8) Copy of all files, records, file notings, loose sheets etc. related to e-rickshaws in Delhi, especially enforcement actions taken against them

9) Copy of all files, records, file notings, loose sheets etc. related to phasing out of old vehicles in Delhi.

10) Copy of all files, records, file notings, loose sheets etc. related to correspondences or meetings or recommendations between Transport Dept and Delhi Development and Dialogue Commission since 2014

11) Copy of all files, records, file notings, loose sheets etc. related to Delhi Metro Rail Corpn (DMRC) available with or accessible to Transport Dept.

12) Copy of all files, records, file notings, loose sheets etc. related to BRTS available with or to Transport Dept.

13) Copy of all files, records, file notings, loose sheets etc. related to MRTS available with or to Transport Dept.

14) Copy of all files, records, file notings, loose sheets etc. related to DMRC fare fixation available with or to Transport Dept.

15) A copy of the index and catalog of all information maintained by Transport Dept

Mode of information supply - by immediate uploading to Transport Department website under intimation to me so that interested citizens can respond well in time to your public notice.

NB: This RTI request is filed in larger public interest and to enable my Constitutional Rights to Free Speech and Expression for participating in public affairs and formulation of state policy.

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