Re: [rti_india] Parliament rejects CIC decision to disclose assets of MPs

Dear Sarbajit,
I agree that information commissioner should have ordered to provide
the informationthan than passing the buck.
Bhaskar

On 8/10/10, sarbajit roy <sroy.mb@gmail.com> wrote:
> In yet another blow for India's *lame duck* Chief Information Commissioner
> (Mr Habibullah in case we don't remember his name anymore), Parliament has
> returned the PMO's request to release the details of assets of its MPs. Mr
> Habibullah's decsion had requested the Speakers of LS & RS to give clearance
> for the information disclosure.
>
> *"The RTI Act does not provide a public authority to give clearance to
> another for providing information being maintained by that public authority
> to an applicant. Under such circumstances, it is felt that the instant
> reference is not required to be placed before the Lok Sabha speaker,*" the
> Lok Sabha secretariat told PMO."
>
> This is typical of the *buck-passing *which Mr Habibullah's orders routinely
> result in. If Mr Habibullah had been a real man, he would have summoned the
> information from Parliament and published it within his order instead of
> running a "*chop shop*" where the RTI Act is butchered daily.
>

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