[rti_india] Suggestion-cum-Public-Grievance on proposed amendment to RTI by DoPT : Ref - http://persmin.gov.in/WriteReadData/RTI/RTI_rules

Saturday, December 25, 2010

[rti_india] Suggestion-cum-Public-Grievance on proposed amendment to RTI by DoPT : Ref - http://persmin.gov.in/WriteReadData/RTI/RTI_rules_01122010-1.pdf

Mr R K Girdhar,

US, RTI,

DoPT, GOI,

New Delhi

Dear Sir,

With reference to the subject matter, kindly be informed that:

Vide DoPT Notice dated 10th December 2010 (http://persmin.gov.in/WriteReadData/RTI/RTI_rules_01122010-1.pdf) you have given awfully insufficient time of only 17 days to the citizens for furnishing comments on the proposed RTI Amendments and that too by email without giving due publicity.

This is certainly not in order as there is no emergency and no pressing need of tearing hurry for the proposed amendments. This is against principle of natural justice, highly objectionable being undemocratic.

As already requested to Prime Minister on 16th December 2010,

(http://groups.google.com/group/right-to-information-act-2005/browse_thread/thread/8188b514d85e2ebe) (http://tiny.cc/xn11r) kindly give wide & prominent publicity in national / regional daily newspapers, through electronic media to reach out to the entire population of India to enable them to furnish their comments not only by email but also through snail mail as not everyone in the country is on email.

Citizens must get a reasonable period of about three months to convey their considered openion to DoPT.

Please confirm per return action taken on my suggestion -cum-public-grievance filed in larger public interest.

Regards,