[HumJanenge] Fwd: [RTI INDIA] Very Important RTI Order

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Sarbajit

Dear Mr. Parikh,   It is good if you have found any thing worthwhile in Information Commissioner Shailesh Gandhi's Order that is likely to help you.   But I have bitter experience of attending hearings conducted by SG. He is always in so much hurry to dispose of as many cases/appeals as are possible that he has no time to see the information promised to be given by the PIO outside his chamber. After having understood his hurried approach, PIO will always say that I have brought the information and shall give to the appellant. SG feels satisfied and closed the case without seeing whether the information brought by the3 PIO is relevant to the one sought by the appellant. He will never impose penalty on PIO whether he is giving information - an irrelevsant one- after seven-eight months.   Secondly, he does not agree that penalty u/s 20(a) of the RTI Act, 2005 is mendatory. He still,believes that it is the discretion of the ICs. Though there are so many orders of the High Courts.of Delhi and Punjab and Haryana High Courts on this issue. But he is not ready to recognise them.    Anyhow, if you are being benefitted by his order, I join your happiness.   With best wishes,   Prof. H. D. Goyal Indian Economic Service (1968 Batch) Director, Right to Information Centre-Dwarka rtidwarka@yahoo.co.in     --- On Thu, 2/6/11, mukund parikh <ac.chs.mahada@gmail.com> wrote: From: mukund parikh <ac.chs.mahada@gmail.com> Subject: [rti4empowerment] Very Important RTI Order To: mkppm@yahoo.co.in Date: Thursday, 2 June, 2011, 7:50 PM Block reason: This message is above your Auto Block threshold | Approve sender | Approve domain