Dear Friends
This is just to inform you about the utter inefficiency and confusion prevailing in the office of CIC, New Delhi and particularly the office of Ms Deepak Sandhu, CIC
I had submitted the following complaints with regard to non supply of info against my RTI applications sent to Ms Aparajita Jaggi, PIO & RPFCII,RO Delhi South, Bhavishya Nidhi Bhawan Wazirpur, Delhi 52.
| Sl# | RTI Appl Date/ Date Sent | CIC Complnt Date Sent | Diary No & Date in CIC Office | Regn No & Date in CIC Office | Hearing Scheduled/ Held |
| 1 | 24/12/08/ 23/12/08 | 08/04/09/ 09/04/09 | 20248 21.04.09 | CIC/LS/A/09/ Dt 11.05.09 | 21.07.09 |
| 2 | 09/02/09/ 11/02/09 | 30/05/09/ 30/05/09 | 30423 09.06.09 | CIC/LS/A/09/ Dt 14.07.09 | 21.07.09 |
| | Not Applicable | 10/09/09/ 10/09/09 | 52807 18.09.09 | Linked to above. | Not yet scheduled |
| 3 | 18/02/09/ 07/03/09 | 08/07/09/ 08/07/09 | 38856 17.07.09 | CIC/DS/A/09/ Date not known | Not yet scheduled |
| 4 | 09/06/09/ 09/06/09 | 27/08/09/ 28/08/09 | 50008 03.09.09 | CIC/DS/A/09/ Date not known | Not yet scheduled |
| 5 | 21/05/09/ 21/05/09 | 03/09/09/ 28/08/09 | 50013 03.09.09 | CIC/DS/A/09/ Date not known | Not yet scheduled |
| 6 | 27/07/09/ 28/08/09 | 20/10/09/ 22/10/09 | 61180 27.10.09 | CIC/DS/A/09/ Date not known | Not yet scheduled |
| 7 | 03/09/09/ 09/09/09 | 21/10/09/ 23/10/09 | 62009 | CIC/DS/A/09/ Date not known | 23.12.09 |
| 8 | 24/11/09/ 24/11/09 | 31/12/09/ 04/01/10 | | | |
In spite of reminders dated 31.12.09 and 25.02.10 to Ms Sandhu, CIC, the hearings on cases 3 to 8 (except 7) are not scheduled yet. Could someone suggest what further action could be taken in this matter.
The following interesting decisions were given by Ms Sandhu, CIC after the hearing held on 23.12.09 (item no 7 above, complaint no CIC/DS/C/2009/
Para 4 (i) It is observed that it takes about three weks or more for an RTI application to travel from Central Registry of the public authority where it is received to reach the desk of the PIO, who then, takes 30 days from that day to process the case,
4(ii) The public authority is directed to streamline its procedure for receipt of RTI applications and forward delivery to the PIO which should not take more than two working days on an average and send a copy of instructions issued in this regard to the Commission.
4(iii) It is also observed that the public authority rejects/returns the applications of beneficieries several times on different grounds instead of clubbing all the deficiencies and issuing a single letter. This causes harassment to the applicant while also causing unnecessary delay. The public authority may issue internal guidelines in this regard.
5 In view of the fact that the full information asked for by the applicant has since been provided along with the cheques for the amounts due by the public authority, the delay is condoned and the penalty proceedings are dropped.
I give my following comments on the above judgement just for consideration of the members and if these points could be taken up with CIC for follow up in his office:
Para 4(ii) gives some directions about streamlining of procedures for receipt of RTI applications and their forward delievey to PIOs in public offices. Would it ot be desirable if the CIC office itself, also a public authority, also follows these directions in respect of complaints/2nd appeals receive in their office.
Para 5 wrongly stated that all the information asked for by the applicant had since been supplied by PIO. I had clearly brought out the deficiencies in information supplied with request for supply of the remaining info in my complaint, in my written statement given at the time of hearing and during my verbal submission during the hearing. Instead of considering these deficiencies, CIC asked me if I had since received the claim from the public authority. When I said no, she asked me to confirm by letter when I receive it and she would issue the orders thereafter. I confirmed after about a week that the claim was since received. The CIC orders were apparently issued thereafter. The point for consideration is as to how was CIC concerned with receipt of claim while considering my complaint for non receipt of information asked for under RTOA05.
mksinghal
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