Dear Bhaskar
It is nice to know that IC(SG) still has some supporters left.
What you are using is the same type of "statistical" exercise
to prove that Shailesh Gandhi is a "good" Information Commissioner
that the PCRF used for their last RTI Awards, and which was universally lambasted.
FYI
1) There are 3 kinds of untruths - lies, damn lies and statistics.
2) Statistics are like a bikini top - showing everything yet revealing nothing.
3) Statistics are like whores, play with them long enough and they'll do anything for you.
4) All dogs are animals , All cats are animals, Therefore, all dogs are cats
Now let me explain a few things to you
1) IC(SG)'s orders are pathetic. They are cyclostyled pieces of garbage of the fill-in-the-blanks variety. The blanks are filled in by his private interns who are are even worse than Arvind Kejriwal's "assessors" if such a thing is possible.
If you don't believe me, read these 2 latest orders of his on CIC website which I picked at random (the 1st two on "recent decsions of CIC today)
http://www.rti.india.gov.in/cic_decisions/CIC_SG_A_2010_001374_8434_M_37419.pdf
http://www.rti.india.gov.in/cic_decisions/CIC_SG_A_2010_001426_8433_M_37418.pdf
2) Appellant's / Complainants do not get a fair hearing before him. The main reason for this is that he has already prepared the order before the hearing. In any case what sort of arguments can a person make in the 5 minutes alloted to them - 2 minutes for appellant, 2 minutes for PIO and 1 minute to print out the order. By this logic he should be delivering 100 decisions , ie 2,200 in a month - he is only doing 420 ?? Sorry 419.25 !!!
3) Awarding penalty routinely is NOT a good thing. It is like a quack
doctor who gives antiobiotic+steroid for every patient. Only illiterate people get fooled by such tamasha. Unfortunately we have too many such illiterates in this world.
4) Many of SG's stupid decisions have been stayed / struck down in the High Court.
5) We all know the reasons his office has been digitised, and they have nothing to do with efficiency.
6) Lastly, I think you are confused - the purpose of RTI Act is not to give "justice" but to provide information to those who deserve it.
Sarbajit
--- In rti_india@yahoogroups.com, Bhaskar Prabhu <mahitiadhikarmanch@...> wrote:
>
> Dear friends,
>
> Disposals from IC Shailesh Gandhi. This information may be allergy to some
> of the board members but can"t help it:
>
> From October 2008 to June 2010- 21 months.
> Total disposal 8805.
> Number of cases in which compensation awarded 32.
> Number of penalties imposed 178 amounting to Rs. 33 lakhs.
> One and nly commissioner with Average disposal of 419.25 per month
>
> Diogitalised his whole of office.
>
> We have one person as IC who knows that justice delayed is justice denied.
> Kudos to him. I feel he can be recomanded to next CCIC, again this will be
> allergy to some board members.
>
> Bhaskar Prabhu
> Convenor
> Mahiti Adhikar Manch
>
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