Tuesday, January 17, 2012

[rti_india] Fw: Re: [rti4empowerment] Re: Paying the price for seeking info?

 

I Confirm that it was Myself who had sent this Person to My Co trustee Mr amaresh and Requested to meet him in BBMP offices now Anand Writes and informs of a new Facet to the Entire Matter .There is Some gaps in the Entire issue and Most probably the Person is going Beyond the act
N vikramsimha , KRIA Koota , #12 Sumeru Sir M N Krishna Rao Road , Basvangudi < Bangalore 560004.

--- On Tue, 17/1/12, Anand Acf <acfanand@gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Anand Acf <acfanand@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [rti4empowerment] Re: Paying the price for seeking info?
> To: rti4empowerment@googlegroups.com
> Date: Tuesday, 17 January, 2012, 9:03 PM
> Dear Freinds,
>
> I know the person, and is not JP. Nagar bur from
> Rajajinagar. The News
> reflected is only half not full.
>
> I have met this person first in BBMP along with Amaresh and
> second
> time BDA. I will narrate this.
>
> In BBMP main office the Ambaresh introduced this person
> stated the PIO
> has filed complaint against hin molestation etc.
> Immediately I became
> very serious because same thing can happen to any body by
> Lady PIOs to
> any RTI activist who seek inspection of files.
>
> I started equiring about how this happened. He showed me
> the KIC order
> in which Information Commission has order for the
> Inspection of files
> on 21-08-2011. I also enquired about when was complaint is
> filed and
> when did you visited the office for Inspection. He said the
> complant
> was filed on 28-10-2011 and he visited the PIO office on
> 28-08-2011.
> Then I inquired why you have not gone to the office on
> 21-8-2011 as
> per the KIC orders. He said the office was under shift. I
> enquired how
> you came to know this. He told me that by Phone.
>
> Then I enquired have received any intimation by the PIO to
> appear for
> the inspection on 28-10-2011. He said no. Then I asked him,
> then how
> you went. He said mutal understanding.
>
> This is the real story.
>
> On 1/17/12, Rakesh B <rakeshbhma@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hello Sir,
> > Thanks for the suggestions.  Well, how many
> people staying in the same area
> > will come forward and get involved in police hassles,
> tell me?  I guess
> > that one can form a group from different localities,
> but not from the same
> > locality.
> >
> > CHEERS!
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 8:16 PM, TANIAPPA VIDYADHAR
> > <tvidya1939@yahoo.co.in>wrote:
> >
> >> I congratulate for the efforts of Prasanna . As a
> whistle blower he is
> >> doing a great job.
> >> One suggestion I have for him is that he should
> join hands with like
> >> minded folks of the area so that the guys also get
> scared of the united
> >> Team. I too was threatened by goondas when I
> ensured closure of a Hotel in
> >> residential area . But the guys know that I have
> the backing of RWA,
> >> Federation etc. Just a suggestion.
> >> T.Vidyadhar
> >>   ------------------------------
> >> *From:* Rakesh B <rakeshbhma@gmail.com>
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> >> *Sent:* Tuesday, 17 January 2012 7:53 PM
> >> *Subject:* Paying the price for seeking info?
> >>
> >> *Paying the price for seeking info? *
> >>
> >> *Prasanna has been slapped with two cases for
> using the RTI Act to know
> >> the status of neighbour's property at JP Nagar
> *
> >>
> >> *S Kushala kushala.satyanarayana@timesgroup.com
> *
> >>
> >> http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Daily/skins/MIRRORNEW/navigator.asp?Daily=BGMIR&showST=true&lo
> >> gin=default&pub=MM
> >>
> >> RTI activists in the national capital are raising
> their voice against the
> >> increasing number of false cases being filed
> against whistle blowers. And
> >> the ugly trend is catching up here too. R V
> Prasanna, a software
> >> consultant
> >> from Rajajinagar II block, is facing the wrath of
> the authorities and
> >> fighting court cases apart from living under
> threat — all for filing an
> >> RTI
> >> application to unearth the fact that his neighbour
> had illegally used a
> >> residential building for commercial purpose.
> >>
> >>  After his stint abroad, Prasanna, came down
> for good to settle in
> >> Bangalore and live with his aging parents. All was
> well till the
> >> neighbouring building was sold. The new buyer
> demolished the structure and
> >> constructed a new one for commercial use. It was
> rented out for offices
> >> and
> >> huge bill boards were displayed. Fed up with the
> constant noise and
> >> vehicles parked haphazardly by people visiting the
> neighbouring shops,
> >> Prasanna filed an RTI application with the BBMP in
> 2008-09 to know the
> >> nature of the land use. BBMP's reply revealed
> that the land was meant for
> >> residential use.
> >>
> >> The 38-year old says, "Then began all the
> problems. Taking note of my RTI
> >> application, the BBMP issued a notice to the
> building. The building owner
> >> got furious with me and started harassing me and
> my parents. Some rowdy
> >> elements tried breaking our main door, smashed the
> window panes and
> >> damaged
> >> our property. Unable to bear the harassment, my
> father died. The owner
> >> also
> >> filed a case against me.''
> >>
> >> His 53-year old mother Bhagya narrates, "Garbage
> is thrown into our
> >> compound. Eggs are thrown at our walls. I am
> followed everywhere and our
> >> house is always under watch." Then came the
> worst part. When Prasanna
> >> pursued the building case and sought to inspect
> property tax files, the
> >> Karnataka Information Commission ordered the BBMP
> revenue officer to
> >> fulfil
> >> the petitioner's request.
> >>
> >> On October 28, 2011, when Prasanna went to inspect
> the files and asked for
> >> certified copies, Rajajinagar assistant revenue
> officer L Lakshmamma
> >> refused to furnish the copies. This led to
> arguments. When he began
> >> questioning the officials, the ARO filed a
> harassment case against
> >> Prasanna
> >> complaining that he abused her and threatened to
> kidnap her.
> >>
> >> Prasanna says, "When she refused to give me
> certified copies, I started
> >> arguing with her. The next day, a harassment case
> was filed against me
> >> stating that I threatened to kidnap her."
> >>
> >> When contacted, Lakshmamma bluntly said: "He was
> not satisfied with the
> >> papers (read documents) that we gave him and kept
> on asking us to provide
> >> more information. So I filed the harassment case
> and my colleagues are the
> >> witnesses. If people come for file inspection and
> obstruct us at work, we
> >> will file a harassment case.''
> >>
> >> Fighting two cases simultaneously and in between
> attending KIC hearings
> >> and handling the enemies in his backyard, Prasanna
> still doesn't want to
> >> give up. Veteran RTI activist M V K Anilkumar of
> KRIA Katte says,
> >> "Prasanna
> >> is being harassed for no fault of his. This is
> another way of punishing
> >> RTI
> >> activists. The powerful lobby of builders,
> officials, local politicians
> >> and
> >> police, is making it difficult for genuine RTI
> activists to work. They are
> >> being falsely implicated in police cases. "
> >>
> >> ==
> >> Take care,
> >> Regards,
> >> B.R.V. Prasanna (Bangalore Raju Venkatesh
> PRASANNA)/ Rakesh;
> >> from Bangalore (Karnataka State)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
>
>
> --
> Anand S.
> Coordinator, Anti Corruption Forum
> Bangalore 560 085.
> Cell No. +91-87928-91066
>

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