Prime Minister,
GOI, New Delhi
Dear Sir,
Please refer to the letter acknowledging my appeal to you to provide Free Legal Aid to RTI Users facing legal cases filed by the Govt bodies. (http://bit.ly/hYGYxu).
The letter does not specify anything on the action taken by the Govt on public grievance filed in larger public interest.
I tried to talk to the concerned US on the office phone no. provided by him in his letter but it is continuously getting no reply.
Kindly advise him to talk to me on my Mobile 094276 08632 and let me have ATR on the serious grievance pending with PMO for the last five months.
Regards,
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(Babubhai Vaghela)
C 202, Shrinandnagar V, Makarba Road Vejalpur, Ahmedabad - 380051
M - 94276 08632
http://twitter.com/BabubhaiVaghela
About me in Annexure at - http://bit.ly/9xsHFj
http://www.youtube.com/user/vaghelabd
(Administrator - Google Group - Right to Information Act 2005)
http://groups.google.com/group/Right-to-Information-Act-2005/about?hl=en
--
(Babubhai Vaghela)
C 202, Shrinandnagar V, Makarba Road Vejalpur, Ahmedabad - 380051
M - 94276 08632
http://twitter.com/BabubhaiVaghela
About me in Annexure at - http://bit.ly/9xsHFj
http://www.youtube.com/user/vaghelabd
(Administrator - Google Group - Right to Information Act 2005)
http://groups.google.com/group/Right-to-Information-Act-2005/about?hl=en
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Babubhai Vaghela <vaghelabd@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 2:03 PM
Subject: Prime Minister - Please arrange to provide Free Legal Aid to RTI Activists to defend legal cases filed by Govt Sector against them - Orissa CIC Defamation Case against RTI Activists...
To: Prime Minister Govt of India <pmosb@pmo.nic.in>
Cc: Secretary-Information Commission Orissa <secy_ic.or@nic.in>, right-to-information-act-2005 <Right-to-Information-Act-2005@googlegroups.com>, rti_india@yahoogroups.com, akshaya.mukul@timesgroup.com, htraj@hindustantimes.com, akghosh@aero.iitkgp.ernet.in, Ashwani Kumar Director CBI <dcbi@cbi.gov.in>, P J Thomas <cvc@nic.in>, soniagandhi <soniagandhi@sansad.nic.in>, arjunmodhwadia@gmail.com, pradyumna@nid.edu, A N Tiwari <an.tiwari@nic.in>, Prof M M Ansari Information Commissioner CIC <mm.ansari@nic.in>, sec-rajbhavan@gujarat.gov.in, vijaya_d@nid.edu, National Commission for Women <ncw@nic.in>, Smt Krishna Tirath <secy.wcd@nic.in>, Chairperson NHRC <chairnhrc@nic.in>, Administrative Reforms Commission <arcommission@nic.in>, sandhya.nair@timesgroup.com, B M Bansal <bansalbm@iocl.co.in>, S Roy CMD HPCL <sroychoudhury@hpcl.co.in>, S Radhakrishnan Acting CMD BPCL <radhakrishnans@bharatpetroleum.in>, Shalini.Singh@timesgroup.com, Barkha Dutt <barkha@ndtv.com>, Union Minister for Communication & IT <mocit@nic.in>, governor@ap.nic.in, Chief Minister of Maharashtra <chiefminister@maharashtra.gov.in>, "Dy. CM and HM of Maharashtra" <deputychiefminister@maharashtra.gov.in>, Minister Human Resources and Skills Development Canada <diane.finley@hrsdc-rhdcc.gc.ca>, Prafull Patel <praful@sansad.nic.in>, zaidisna@nic.in, esgindia@gmail.com, ESGINDIA <esg@esgindia.org>, Society for Protection of Culture Heritage Environment Traditions and Promotion of National Awarenes <chetna.regd@gmail.com>, cat-delhi@nic.in, mausamweb@gmail.com, Director Coordination Home Ministry <dircoord-mha@nic.in>, UIDAI New Delhi <webadmin-uidai@nic.in>, aloktomar@hotmail.com, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation <info@egovamc.com>, Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority <auda_urban@yahoo.co.in>, Jaya Bachchan <jbachchan@sansad.nic.in>, lsoman@iie.org, development@iie.org, membership@iie.org, M S Srinivasan Former Secretary MOP&NG <srinivasan2k@nic.in>, sarthakbehuria@gmail.com, S Sundaresan Secretary MOP&NG New Delhi <sec.png@nic.in>, Saibal Sarkar Dy Scy PG PMO <saibal.sarkar@nic.in>, Union Home Minister New Delhi <hm@nic.in>, "R. K. Srivastava" <dghs@nb.nic.in>, K M Acharya <secywel@sb.nic.in>, padmini.sivarajah@timesgroup.com, Prof Gautam Barua <gb@iitg.ernet.in>, wtp@ndtv.com, cuts@cuts.org, Amartya Sen <asen@fas.harvard.edu>, bd.nbcc@nic.in, rukmini.shrinivasan@timesgroup.com, G S Bothyal Director DPE GOI New Delhi <bothyal.gs@nic.in>, Prime Minister Denmark <stm@stm.dk>, President of Ireland <webmaster@president.ie>, adr@adrindia.org, JS Ministry Home Affairs GOI <jscpg-mha@nic.in>, advanilk@sansad.nic.in, "L C Singhi Secretary (Law) CIC" <lcsinghi@nic.in>, Wajahat Habibullah CIC <whabibullah@nic.in>, Cabinet Secretary to Government of India <cabinetsy@nic.in>, Subodh Dakwale <sdakwle@gmail.com>, ONGC <secretariat@ongc.co.in>, GAIL <investorqueries@gail.co.in>, RKGarg@petronetlng.com, harisankar@nic.in, Secretary Rural Development <secyrd@nic.in>, Joint Secretary Banking Operations Union Finance Ministry <jsbo@nic.in>, "Ms M.R. Tshering Director PG PMO" <mrtshering@nic.in>, "Shri Ajit Seth Secretary (Coord & PG) PG PMO" <secypg@nic.in>, parimal.nathwani@sansad.nic.in, Admissions office <admission@iimahd.ernet.in>, Samir Barua <skbarua@iimahd.ernet.in>, Mukesh Ambani <mukesh.ambani@ril.com>, anil.ambani@relianceada.com, director@iimcal.ac.in, subhash.narayan@timesgroup.com, ammirrorfeedback@gmail.com, corporateaffairs@sandesh.com, feedback@expressbuzz.com, Help Hindustan Times <feedback@hindustantimes.com>, "hemali. chhapia" <Hemali.Chhapia@timesgroup.com>, letters@business-standard.com, letters@thehindu.co.in, letters@washpost.com, letters.editor@intoday.com, LA times <letters@latimes.com>, Editor The Telegraph <ttedit@abpmail.com>, cc@cpim.org, NDTV <feedback@ndtv.com>, feedback@livemint.com, feedback@ians.in, NEWS WIRE 18 <feedback@newswire18.com>, feedback@business-standard.com, feedback@moneycontrol.com, ASSOCHAM <assocham@nic.in>, NASSCOM <info@nasscom.in>, amcham@amchamindia.com, Infosys <parvatheesam_k@infosys.com>, Sam Pitroda Chairman NKC <s.pitroda@nic.in>, bkchaturvedi@nic.in, rahul.bajaj@sansad.nic.in, arunaroy <arunaroy@gmail.com>, ravikantsv@gmail.com, Prashant Bhushan <prashantbhush@gmail.com>, sijimalayil@yahoo.com, Bar Council of India <info@barcouncilofindia.org>, Sir Ratan Tata Trust <srtt@tata.com>, sunita@cseindia.org, "Shantanu Consul Secretary (Personnel) DoPT" <secy_mop@nic.in>, "K.C Jayarajan President Secretariat New Delhi" <kc.jayarajan@rb.nic.in>, Kum Selja MOS for Housing <kumari.selja@nic.in>, "Smt Sushma Swaraj <" <sushmaswaraj@hotmail.com>, Arun Jaitley <ajaitley@sansad.nic.in>, Help Gujarat High Court <rg-hc-guj@nic.in>, delhihighcourt@nic.in, Registrar General Bombay High Court <rg-bhc@nic.in>, High Court Jaipur <hcjaipur-rj@nic.in>, High Court Jodhpur <hc-rj@nic.in>, High Court of Karnataka <shhcourt@kar.nic.in>, Help Supreme Court <supremecourt@nic.in>, Meira Kumar Speaker Lok Sabha Parliament <speakerloksabha@sansad.nic.in>, Hon'ble Vice President of India <vpindia@sansad.nic.in>, Smt Pratibha Patil President of India <presidentofindia@rb.nic.in>
--
(Babubhai Vaghela)
C 202, Shrinandnagar V, Makarba Road Vejalpur, Ahmedabad - 380051
M - 94276 08632
http://twitter.com/BabubhaiVaghela
About me at - http://bit.ly/9xsHFj
http://www.youtube.com/user/vaghelabd
(Administrator - Google Group - Right to Information Act 2005)
http://groups.google.com/group/Right-to-Information-Act-2005/about?hl=en
From: Babubhai Vaghela <vaghelabd@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 2:03 PM
Subject: Prime Minister - Please arrange to provide Free Legal Aid to RTI Activists to defend legal cases filed by Govt Sector against them - Orissa CIC Defamation Case against RTI Activists...
To: Prime Minister Govt of India <pmosb@pmo.nic.in>
Cc: Secretary-Information Commission Orissa <secy_ic.or@nic.in>, right-to-information-act-2005 <Right-to-Information-Act-2005@googlegroups.com>, rti_india@yahoogroups.com, akshaya.mukul@timesgroup.com, htraj@hindustantimes.com, akghosh@aero.iitkgp.ernet.in, Ashwani Kumar Director CBI <dcbi@cbi.gov.in>, P J Thomas <cvc@nic.in>, soniagandhi <soniagandhi@sansad.nic.in>, arjunmodhwadia@gmail.com, pradyumna@nid.edu, A N Tiwari <an.tiwari@nic.in>, Prof M M Ansari Information Commissioner CIC <mm.ansari@nic.in>, sec-rajbhavan@gujarat.gov.in, vijaya_d@nid.edu, National Commission for Women <ncw@nic.in>, Smt Krishna Tirath <secy.wcd@nic.in>, Chairperson NHRC <chairnhrc@nic.in>, Administrative Reforms Commission <arcommission@nic.in>, sandhya.nair@timesgroup.com, B M Bansal <bansalbm@iocl.co.in>, S Roy CMD HPCL <sroychoudhury@hpcl.co.in>, S Radhakrishnan Acting CMD BPCL <radhakrishnans@bharatpetroleum.in>, Shalini.Singh@timesgroup.com, Barkha Dutt <barkha@ndtv.com>, Union Minister for Communication & IT <mocit@nic.in>, governor@ap.nic.in, Chief Minister of Maharashtra <chiefminister@maharashtra.gov.in>, "Dy. CM and HM of Maharashtra" <deputychiefminister@maharashtra.gov.in>, Minister Human Resources and Skills Development Canada <diane.finley@hrsdc-rhdcc.gc.ca>, Prafull Patel <praful@sansad.nic.in>, zaidisna@nic.in, esgindia@gmail.com, ESGINDIA <esg@esgindia.org>, Society for Protection of Culture Heritage Environment Traditions and Promotion of National Awarenes <chetna.regd@gmail.com>, cat-delhi@nic.in, mausamweb@gmail.com, Director Coordination Home Ministry <dircoord-mha@nic.in>, UIDAI New Delhi <webadmin-uidai@nic.in>, aloktomar@hotmail.com, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation <info@egovamc.com>, Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority <auda_urban@yahoo.co.in>, Jaya Bachchan <jbachchan@sansad.nic.in>, lsoman@iie.org, development@iie.org, membership@iie.org, M S Srinivasan Former Secretary MOP&NG <srinivasan2k@nic.in>, sarthakbehuria@gmail.com, S Sundaresan Secretary MOP&NG New Delhi <sec.png@nic.in>, Saibal Sarkar Dy Scy PG PMO <saibal.sarkar@nic.in>, Union Home Minister New Delhi <hm@nic.in>, "R. K. Srivastava" <dghs@nb.nic.in>, K M Acharya <secywel@sb.nic.in>, padmini.sivarajah@timesgroup.com, Prof Gautam Barua <gb@iitg.ernet.in>, wtp@ndtv.com, cuts@cuts.org, Amartya Sen <asen@fas.harvard.edu>, bd.nbcc@nic.in, rukmini.shrinivasan@timesgroup.com, G S Bothyal Director DPE GOI New Delhi <bothyal.gs@nic.in>, Prime Minister Denmark <stm@stm.dk>, President of Ireland <webmaster@president.ie>, adr@adrindia.org, JS Ministry Home Affairs GOI <jscpg-mha@nic.in>, advanilk@sansad.nic.in, "L C Singhi Secretary (Law) CIC" <lcsinghi@nic.in>, Wajahat Habibullah CIC <whabibullah@nic.in>, Cabinet Secretary to Government of India <cabinetsy@nic.in>, Subodh Dakwale <sdakwle@gmail.com>, ONGC <secretariat@ongc.co.in>, GAIL <investorqueries@gail.co.in>, RKGarg@petronetlng.com, harisankar@nic.in, Secretary Rural Development <secyrd@nic.in>, Joint Secretary Banking Operations Union Finance Ministry <jsbo@nic.in>, "Ms M.R. Tshering Director PG PMO" <mrtshering@nic.in>, "Shri Ajit Seth Secretary (Coord & PG) PG PMO" <secypg@nic.in>, parimal.nathwani@sansad.nic.in, Admissions office <admission@iimahd.ernet.in>, Samir Barua <skbarua@iimahd.ernet.in>, Mukesh Ambani <mukesh.ambani@ril.com>, anil.ambani@relianceada.com, director@iimcal.ac.in, subhash.narayan@timesgroup.com, ammirrorfeedback@gmail.com, corporateaffairs@sandesh.com, feedback@expressbuzz.com, Help Hindustan Times <feedback@hindustantimes.com>, "hemali. chhapia" <Hemali.Chhapia@timesgroup.com>, letters@business-standard.com, letters@thehindu.co.in, letters@washpost.com, letters.editor@intoday.com, LA times <letters@latimes.com>, Editor The Telegraph <ttedit@abpmail.com>, cc@cpim.org, NDTV <feedback@ndtv.com>, feedback@livemint.com, feedback@ians.in, NEWS WIRE 18 <feedback@newswire18.com>, feedback@business-standard.com, feedback@moneycontrol.com, ASSOCHAM <assocham@nic.in>, NASSCOM <info@nasscom.in>, amcham@amchamindia.com, Infosys <parvatheesam_k@infosys.com>, Sam Pitroda Chairman NKC <s.pitroda@nic.in>, bkchaturvedi@nic.in, rahul.bajaj@sansad.nic.in, arunaroy <arunaroy@gmail.com>, ravikantsv@gmail.com, Prashant Bhushan <prashantbhush@gmail.com>, sijimalayil@yahoo.com, Bar Council of India <info@barcouncilofindia.org>, Sir Ratan Tata Trust <srtt@tata.com>, sunita@cseindia.org, "Shantanu Consul Secretary (Personnel) DoPT" <secy_mop@nic.in>, "K.C Jayarajan President Secretariat New Delhi" <kc.jayarajan@rb.nic.in>, Kum Selja MOS for Housing <kumari.selja@nic.in>, "Smt Sushma Swaraj <" <sushmaswaraj@hotmail.com>, Arun Jaitley <ajaitley@sansad.nic.in>, Help Gujarat High Court <rg-hc-guj@nic.in>, delhihighcourt@nic.in, Registrar General Bombay High Court <rg-bhc@nic.in>, High Court Jaipur <hcjaipur-rj@nic.in>, High Court Jodhpur <hc-rj@nic.in>, High Court of Karnataka <shhcourt@kar.nic.in>, Help Supreme Court <supremecourt@nic.in>, Meira Kumar Speaker Lok Sabha Parliament <speakerloksabha@sansad.nic.in>, Hon'ble Vice President of India <vpindia@sansad.nic.in>, Smt Pratibha Patil President of India <presidentofindia@rb.nic.in>
Prime Minister,
GOI,
New Delhi
As you are well aware through series of my emails highlighting on Govt Agencies like PMO; President of India Secretariat; DoPT & PIOs / FAAs & Information Commissioners encroaching upon fundamental right - Freedom of Expression - by sinister efforts such as:
- Without any justifiable reasons, making provision of only ten ICs at CIC and State CICs that is awfully insufficient.
- Arbitrary, illegal, undemocratic and secretive selection & appointment of ICs / CICs to post the pliable persons.
- Posting only the general category persons as CICs & ICs seriously compromising the Affirmative Action stipulated in the Constitution.
- Posting of primarily the Bureaucrats as CICs & ICs seriously violating the fundamental right to equality guaranteed in the Constitution.
- Not providing any time limit for ICs to hear & dispose off RTI second appeals / RTI complaints for them to abuse undue discretionary power.
- Not putting the system in place for timely implementation of Orders issued by the ICs to disclose information.
- Not penalising the intentionally defaulting PIOs with disciplinary action.
- Knowingly creating these types of bottle-necks to ensure that the requested RTI information is not disclosed.
- Ignoring the repeated pleas of the civil society for taking corrective actions to avoid things going totally out of control.
- Harassing, torturing, threatening, chargesheeting, suspending, victmising and even murdering the RTI Activists to discourage them from using RTI.
- Now, the new trend to dissuade RTI Activists has started is getting them entangled in legal cases by wasting public money by highly resourceful authorities wielding enormous power.
That being the case and legal fight being fought between two un-equals, principle of natural justice demand that the RTI Activists, having very limited resources financially or otherwise, by statutory provisions, must be provided Free Legal Aid by the Govt to defend themselves against the mighty power acting in a high-handed manner.
Regards,
--
(Babubhai Vaghela)
C 202, Shrinandnagar V, Makarba Road Vejalpur, Ahmedabad - 380051
M - 94276 08632
http://twitter.com/BabubhaiVaghela
About me at - http://bit.ly/9xsHFj
http://www.youtube.com/user/vaghelabd
(Administrator - Google Group - Right to Information Act 2005)
http://groups.google.com/group/Right-to-Information-Act-2005/about?hl=en
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