<vikramsimha54@yahoo.co.in> wrote:
>
> To: "Indian Express" <rajashekhara@epmltd.com>
> Cc: arun@expressbuzz.com, "Express Editor" <ravijoshi@epmltd.com>, editor@expressbuzz.com
> Date: Thursday, 6 January, 2011, 11:10 AM
> Dear Rajashekar Ji ,
> I read your Above article with Great interest However
> Unfortunately You Could have Written more on the Same if You
> Had contacted some More of US
> Firstly it is Not Posting but an appointment and the Same
> is An tenure post . The Concerned Cell in DPAR is
> Continously avoiding Coming Out and giving information on
> the same inspite of Press conferences and Reports in News
> papers like yours Which they ought to Have done . There is
> an SLP Pending Before the Hon'ble supreme court On the
> Matter of Procedure , Mode ,Methodology and guidelines
> For appointment of Information commissioners and i would
> have Given you the Direct telephone Number of Two senior
> advocates and as well as the Petitionerlocated in Delhi.
> This would have given the Real Face in the matter
> In Fact I on my part way back in April 22/2010 Itself went
> to Press Oppossing All these Appointments Only Favouring
> bureacrats or Political appointees . Please see the
> hindu of 23 April Page 4 Also Prajavani of Even Date
> Where in Clearly In the press meet I Have said there is No
> Clear cut Directions in the Act To Appoint IAS Officers . In
> fact All Organisations At all india level Working on RTI are
> opposed to IAS Officers Appointment as a IC After Retirement
> or on verge And As an Parking space .
> My Two RTI Applications and Another Activists RTI
> application Dated 11/03/2010 Is yet to Be replied by
> DPAR and One Mr Venkatagiriyappa the PIO States that
> the File is in circulastion (DPAR:55:RTI:2009)
> We Have Quired about the contribution of the IAS or KAS
> officer to RTI Cause Being transperancy and Accountability
> During the past 5 years and what is his Performance goals to
> ensure RTI is Strengthened
> In Fact We Only Gave information to Deccan Cronicle On
> March 2010 itself (See DC 5/03/2010) Face off Between CM and
> Governor
> We also Gave inputs to Vijaya karnataka to Write
> extensively in this matter
> Once again We Gave inputs to Deccan herald To Write another
> article on 25/09/2010 --- race Apace For juicy jobs
> and to Blore mirror on 25/10/2010 -- who better than Big
> brother . We also ensured that one of activist and Now
> central Information commissiner sri Shailesh gandhi to Come
> out and give his opinions --- Proper screening
> committee as everything is done in an opaque manner
> Two of the ICs in our state were never IAS Officers and
> several IAS & IPS officers Presented Themselves as
> Petitioners Before them and that is so why vice versa
> cannot be done
> Further Your box item in page 6 Totally Misleads and
> Misquotes the Present position as per the act and to your
> benefit I am Quoting it once again
> Section 15(%0 ""The Scic or SIC shall be
> persons of EMINENCE in public life with wide knowledge and
> experience in law , science and technology , social service,
> Management, journalism , mass media or administration and
> governance.""
> Whereas you write
> "" WHO ARE QUALIFIED:"" The RTI Act Specifies that any
> GRADUATE, A BUREACRAT or those involved in Social work WITH
> SOUND BACKGROUND (of what ??) and INTEGRITY Could be
> appointed as RTI Commissioner ""
> Unfortunately You are doing a great Diservice to your own
> community of Journalists ( There are Two Journalists Working
> in 2 states already as ICs
> Mr Vijay Kulvekar in pune , mahrastra and Mr Dileep reddy
> in Hyderbad AP
> Think Once again Will Bureacrats Working according to rule
> book will become persons of eminence .
> Recently All Media was full of another Such person from the
> mass media being imposed Penalty by CIC of rs 25000/- For
> violating the Mandatory period stipulated in RTI act
> Our earnest hope is This Widely regarded as Most important
> Legislations Passed by our parliament and arguably Best
> transperancy law in the world will not get Mired in
> problems of interpretation Some real and mostof them
> Contrived , that too on the appointment of the iCs who Are
> the gaurdians of this act and by MediA Using Words which
> Donot have any relevance to the Act
> We As Activists Fully know that the Fight to RTI is
> the figiht for Survival of democracy In india that too in
> the year ogfvgol;den jubliee of Having become an republic .
>
> The stakes Are too high for us to ever Give Up , so well
> never Give UP
> A request to publish this reaction in your paper Tomorrow
> itself
> N vikramsimha ,Trustee RTI Study center & KRIA Katte ,
> #12 Sumeru Sir M N Krishna Rao Road , Basvangudi <
> Bangalore 560004.
>
>
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