Re: [HumJanenge] Clerk penalized by IC SG for delay

Will some enlightened person well versed in functioning of Govt inform me of
a UDC (upper division clerk) is an "officer" or not (for purposes of 5.4 and 5.5
of RTI Act). I thought that they are classifed as "employees".

Sarbajit

On 4/5/11, Manoj Pai <manojpai@yahoo.com> wrote:
> This was first heard in Gujarat, 2006, when the State SIC ordered a token
> penalty of Rs.1,000/- to the clerk for keeping the RTI Application pending
> in his drawer. Now this is the turn in New Delhi where IC SC has penalized
> not only the CPIO, but the UDC as well. As usual, the clerk tried to blame
> the CPIO by saying "that being a UDC, he was not required to prepare a reply
> in response to a RTI application but that it was the PIO's responsibility to
> prepare the reply."
>
> However, the commission saw through their bluff and penalized both the CPIO
> and UDC for 44 days each. Check link
>
> http://www.rti.india.gov.in/cic_decisions/CIC_SG_A_2010_003423_T_54438.pdf
>
> Of course, the decision is dated 1st April, but this does not mean it is a
> joke. See it for yourself.
>
> Manoj
>