Dear Trivendra
Uttar Pradesh and many other states of the Union are prime examples of where ANY / EVERY law (not just RTI Act) has been (can be) reduced to a mockery.
Such states reveal how easy it is for the Govt of the day to stall laws simply by appointing rubber stamps at the head. As you know the Allahabad High Court has the highest pendency in India.
It is futile to focus on the micro picture - "look RTI is not working in xxx" when the NATION is headed by a rubber stamp (actually 2 .. or 3 or .. ) while the real 'haramis' operate from the shadows.
Sarbajit
--- In rti_india@yahoogroups.com, Trivendra <trivendra54@...> wrote:
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> Dear Sarbajit Ji
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> As far as long pendency is concerned I wish to bring to your kind notice that in Uttar Pradesh 90% of the SIC judgements are anti law and opposite to information seekers. Some of ICs themselves pleade in place of respondents, they delebrately make delay and allow adjournments. In the cases where PIO has no explanation of causing delay, he must be slapped with fine. But as a part of habit, ICs rarely slap him. It is the tendency of PIO to take adjournment in order to harass the applicant and abandon the appeal.Â
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> Generally PIO send their subordinates to attend hearing who may have never seen the original application. Attutude of PIO has become "Oh rti............... its a joke".
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> On too many occassions you call applicants to be indulged with petty issues. Perhaps never realising that at war front a thirsty soldier does not need tanker of water only two sips are needed for life saving.
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> In a country of poor infrastructure with no roads, sanitation, water & food, need of a single paisa utilisation is pertinent. None of the issue is petty. Rather petty problems require more attention to make the country a better place to live.
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> While sitting in Delhi, vision becomes too short. most important issues become petty issues, taxpayers money is more importantly spent like over flowing river water on games rather than making a new power plant.
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> I invite you to see today's The Times of India, you will find a good picture how the taxpayers money is going to deep pockets which I believe The Government shall never be able to recover from.Â
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> Comming to main issue i feel (1) the IC should devise open formula for slapping fines instead of discriminatory (2) the slapped fines should not be waved off (3) IC should ask both parties to put their point instead of pleading for them. (3) summoning should be by email to atleast all PIOs. We should not forget decision under CPC order XVI, rule 10(3) of IC Anil Toko.
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> Regards
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> TrivendraÂ
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> --- On Fri, 6/8/10, sarbajit roy <sroy.mb@...> wrote:
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> From: sarbajit roy <sroy.mb@...>
> Subject: Re: [rti_india] Plagued by Petty applications
> To: rti_india@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Friday, 6 August, 2010, 11:04 AM
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> Dear Vikram
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> I totally agree with the Ld Information Commissioner.
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> Too many petty issues are reaching the CIC/SIC in
> appeal, and thereby genuine applicants are not using
> RTI due to the long pendency at Commissions.
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> I would go a step further by saying that it seems to
> be a deliberate strategy by RTI NGOs to encourage
> filing of bakwaas RTIs and the subsequent Appeals
> which they generate. This strategy is designed (and
> foreign financed) to ensure that genuine citizens
> are not allowed to use the RTI Act thereby.
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> The Ld IC deserves to be commended for saying
> the truth
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> Sarbajit
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> On 8/6/10, Vikram Simha <vikramsimha54@...> wrote:
> > To all Freinds who are working for Strengthening RTI
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> > I Am sorry to state That in an Article Published in Todays"BANGALORE MIRROR
> > "
> > a TABLOID OF THE TIMES GROUP Information Commissioner S J virupakshaiah
> > has Given a statement " THE PROBLEM IS THAT THERE ARE TOO MANY RTI ACTIVISTS
> > WHO APPEAL ON PETTY ISSUES . DUE TO THIS , THE COMMISSION ENDS UP DELAYING
> > HEARINGS FOR NEEDY PEOPLE'
> >
> > This is an Direct attack and Slur on all of us who Are Crusaders fighting to
> > Ensure that RTI get Institutionalized in the country more particularly in
> > the Our state for good governance . I feel that this may be an Back door
> > entry for amending the Act on grounds of "FRIVOLOUS & VEXATIOUS .
> > through this email I request very humbly all friends to react Immediatly
> > directly to the concerned State Information Commissioner on his E-mail :
> > sicjv_kic@... or his Fax 080-22342081 or his land line
> > 08022342277 asking how he arrived at these conclusions because section 12 to
> > 15 of the Act Does not even Provide for the Information Commissions to
> > recognize , Identify , accredit any person as RTI ACTIVIST .
> > Please also demand the Basis and Statistics and if available the Names of
> > Persons which enabled Sri Virupakshaiah to come out with such an Sweeping
> > remark & statement
> > N vikramsimha ,Trustee RTI Study center & KRIA Katte , #12 Sumeru Sir M N
> > Krishna Rao Road , Basvangudi < Bangalore 560004.
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