Re: FYI : : [HumJanenge] Redressal mechanism for Public Servants victimised for using RTI Act.

Dear Mr.Vaghela

Thanks you for your mail. While I completely agree with your views on this matter, my experience tells me that 'exemplary' punishments meted out to RTI activists within govt discourages others from using the Act.

This is precisely what the powers that be intend to do. Suspend one officer and twenty others will be cowed down and will dare not use their right to fight corruption. At the end of the day most govt servants look for unblemished service records. As a result the act itself is losing effectiveness.

I Bhattacharya

On 22 September 2013 15:22, Babubhai Vaghela <vaghelabd@gmail.com> wrote:

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From: Vaghela B D <vaghelabd@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2013 23:02:50 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re:: [HumJanenge] Redressal mechanism for Public Servants
victimised for using RTI Act.
To: humjanenge@googlegroups.com
Cc: vaghelabd@gmail.com


Dear All, I have the distinction to be the first RTI user -
chargesheeted and suspended in 2006 for using RTI in own Organisation
- Oil PSU - in the initial days of RTI. In my openion based on the
experince of decade long harassment / torture / denial of dues /
chargesheets / suspensions / victimisation / legal notices / overnight
police detention during PM visit to IIM Ahmedabad & most recent Court
case, I find that largely one is left to defend oneself as Rights
Activist / Whistle Blower. Neither CVC nor Govt nor Bureaucracy nor
Corporates nor Mass Media nor Judiciary help the daredevils working
hard to improve transparency / accountability of public administration
/ governance to get some respite for crores of suffering voiceless
poor.
It is the hue & cry of the concerned and the vigilant Civil Society
and their active protests that can, through varieties of means
including Social Media, can reduce the miseries of these new age
freedom fighters. One can look at the Snowden case. Let us make
sincere efforts to help the RTI / Rights Activists & Whisle Blowers.
With warm regards, Babubhai Vaghela, Ahmedabad M - 9427608632. As
@BabubhaiVaghela on Twitter.

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On Sat 21 Sep, 2013 9:48 PM IST Indranil Bhattacharya wrote:

>Dear all
> It is known to you Public Servants using RTI Act for seeking more
>transparency within an organization are often harassed and
>heckled and sometimes even  frivolous indiscipline and 'insubordination'
>charges are brought in.
>
>When redressal mechanism is not possible within the Public Authority for
>such grievances and CIC is unlikely to bring quick relief (given the high
>pendency), what is the most effective way that a Public Servant can protect
>himself?
>
>It is likely that detailed deliberations have already taken place on this
>topic. I am coming back to the group after a long gap, this time through
>google. Appreciate some views/suggestions from the group.
>Best regards
>I.Bhattacharya
>
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