Re: [HumJanenge] RTI ACTIVIST FEDERATION PUNJAB - PRESS RELEASE

Personal belief cannot supersede the Act.  Commission has to pass order according t RTI Act.  If personal belief allowed to take over, the judgements will be different in the same case with same facts.  Commission duty is to implement the Act duly passed by the Parliament or state legislatures.  When there are clear provisions, there is no scop0e of making new rules. --- On Thu, 12/5/11, Surendera M. Bhanot <surendera@avissoftware.com> wrote: From: Surendera M. Bhanot <surendera@avissoftware.com> Subject: [HumJanenge] RTI ACTIVIST FEDERATION PUNJAB - PRESS RELEASE To: Date: Thursday, 12 May, 2011, 10:12 PM Dear Friends,   An order dated 10.5.2011 issued by R.I. Singh, State CIC Punjab, imposing penalty of Rs.25 thousand on BDPO  Siidhwan Bet (Ludhiana). It is worth mentioning that R.I. Singh's declared stand that he does not believe in imposing penalty was  the main reason for stand off between RTI Activists Federation, Punjab and R.I. Singh; he had openly declared that by giving death sentence, murders have not been implemented, similarly by imposing penalties, the RTI Act cannot be better  implemented.   R.I. Singh had  joined as State CIC on June 28th, 2009, and up to November 7th, 2010 ( for a period of one and a half years), when he walked out from Public Hearing in Law Bhawan, Chandigarh, when the gathering passed a resolution calling upon the State Information Commission to impose penalties against all defaulting Public Information Officers, he had neither imposed any penalty on any PIO, nor awarded any compensation to any complainant or appellant.   A few days ago, R.I. Singh was  good enough to impose a penalty of only Rs.6 thousand on Rakesh Bhaskar, DFSC Ludhiana. R.I. Singh has awarded compensation also to about half a dozen appellants during last two or three months.   Yesterday's order of R.I. Singh is, however, significant as it demonstrates  some intention to impose penalties on defaulting PIOs, and thereby to effectively implement the RTI Act in Punjab.   RTI Activists Federation Punjab welcomes this Order. -  H.C. ARORA,STATE PRESIDENT,RTI ACTIVISTS FEDERATION PUNJAB -- "Our biggest competition is never with the others. Instead, it is always within ourselves. It doesn't matter if where we end up - first or at last. If we do our best to do better than before, we've won" Warm Regards Surendera M. Bhanot - President, RTI Help & Assistance Forum Chandigarh - Youth for Human Rights International YHRI - South Asia - CEO, Avis Software, Chandigarh  - Convener & Life Member, Consumers Association Chandigarh - Jt. Secretary, Amateur Judo Association of Chandigarh - Member, SPACE - Society for Promotion and Conservation of Environment, Chandigarh - Member, RTI Activist Federation, Punjab, Chandigarh No. 3758, Sector 22-D, Chandigarh-160022 Mob: +91-9888-810-811 PHONE: +91-172-2780838 FAX: 0871 266 8523  Mail Me DISCLAIMER: You have received this email because you any one time contacted me through mail or otherwise gave your mail-id. This e-mail is intended to be sent to the persons on my regular mail-list. In case you think this mail infringes your privacy or otherwise you do not want to receive this mail anymore, please reply with the word 'UNSUBSCRIBE" in the body of the mail. Please do not disturb the Subject line. I am sorry to see you go. But please mention the reason why you want to go. It will help me improve my services in future. Thanks