Monday, October 31, 2011

[HumJanenge] Re: Flash: DoPT : Apply for CICs Posts

Dear Sh.Batra ji and list,

This time , we should support karira ji as the first choice among
future ICs' as he has posted more than 27000 messages in his website
besides participating in other websites.His contribution seems to be
deserving for IC.We should discuss this issue as time is very short to
reach to conclusion.

with regards
manoj kamra


shOn Oct 31, 8:57 pm, lokesh batra <batra_lok...@yahoo.com> wrot
> Flash : Apply for Central Information Commissioners  Post: DoPT Circular
>
> 31 October 2011
>
> DoPT has issued a circular requesting applications for Central Information Commissioners appointment :
>  
> Quote
>
> "Persons fulfilling the criteria for appointment as Information Commissioner and interested for appointment to the post may send their particulars in the enclosed proforma by post to Under Secretary (IR), Department of Personnel and Training, North Block, New Delhi or  through e-mail to usrti-d...@nic.in   by November 18, 2011. Persons who are serving under the State/Central Government or any other  organization, may send their particulars through proper channel."
> Unquote
>  
>  
> Full text of the circular can be read on LINK below :
>  
>  http://circulars.nic.in/WriteReadData/CircularPortal/D2/D02nic/ic.pdf
>  
>  
> My take :
>  
> Government needs to be congratulated for making process of selection of Information Commissioner open to public.
>  
> This has been long standing demand of RTI Activists.
>  
> The big question is ... will  the entire process of selection become transparent?
>  
> I recommend those who desire to apply for the post to send their application by Speed Post in addition to sending it by email. The movement of Speed Post letter can be tracked on Dept of Posts website. 
>  
> Remember on 10 Dec 2010, DoPT had issued a circular seeking public comments on proposed amendment to RTI
> Rules by email...
>  
> After sending my comments I had followed it with an RTI seeking file details on which public views were being processed and had asked for attested hard copy of my comments sent by email. DoPT had not diariesd public comments in any file and could not show me the so called folder in which public comments placed as claimed by CPIO (DoPT).
>  
> When ever I checked with DoPT CPIO, I was told the said folder containing Public Comments "NOT TRACEBLE". The file on which the amendment to RTI rules was delibrated in DoPT had only NAC's comments.
>  
> Media story on my RTI can be read on the link below.
>  http://www.governancenow.com/gov-next/rti/draft-rti-rules-no-mechanis...
>  
>  
> Good Luck to candidates.
>  
> Best
> {Commodore Lokesh Batra (Retd.)}
> Social & RTI Activist
> BringChange
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

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Re: [HumJanenge] [HumJanenge-YG] Flash: DoPT : Apply for CICs Posts

congratulations..

On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 9:27 PM, lokesh batra <batra_lokesh@yahoo.com> wrote:
 

Flash : Apply for Central Information Commissioners  Post: DoPT Circular

31 October 2011

DoPT has issued a circular requesting applications for Central Information Commissioners appointment :
 
Quote

"Persons fulfilling the criteria for appointment as Information Commissioner and interested for appointment to the post may send their particulars in the enclosed proforma by post to Under Secretary (IR), Department of Personnel and Training, North Block, New Delhi or  through e-mail to usrti-dopt@nic.in   by November 18, 2011. Persons who are serving under the State/Central Government or any other  organization, may send their particulars through proper channel."
Unquote
 
 
Full text of the circular can be read on LINK below :
 
 
http://circulars.nic.in/WriteReadData/CircularPortal/D2/D02nic/ic.pdf
 
 
My take :
 
Government needs to be congratulated for making process of selection of Information Commissioner open to public.
 
This has been long standing demand of RTI Activists.
 
The big question is ... will  the entire process of selection become transparent?
 
I recommend those who desire to apply for the post to send their application by Speed Post in addition to sending it by email. The movement of Speed Post letter can be tracked on Dept of Posts website. 
 
Remember on 10 Dec 2010, DoPT had issued a circular seeking public comments on proposed amendment to RTI
Rules by email...
 
After sending my comments I had followed it with an RTI seeking file details on which public views were being processed and had asked for attested hard copy of my comments sent by email. DoPT had not diariesd public comments in any file and could not show me the so called folder in which public comments placed as claimed by CPIO (DoPT).
 
When ever I checked with DoPT CPIO, I was told the said folder containing Public Comments "NOT TRACEBLE". The file on which the amendment to RTI rules was delibrated in DoPT had only NAC's comments.
 
Media story on my RTI can be read on the link below.
 
http://www.governancenow.com/gov-next/rti/draft-rti-rules-no-mechanism-track-public-feedback
 
 
Good Luck to candidates.
 
Best
{Commodore Lokesh Batra (Retd.)}
Social & RTI Activist
BringChange

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Flash : Apply for Central Information Commissioners  Post: DoPT Circular

31 October 2011

DoPT has issued a circular requesting applications for Central Information Commissioners appointment :
 
Quote

"Persons fulfilling the criteria for appointment as Information Commissioner and interested for appointment to the post may send their particulars in the enclosed proforma by post to Under Secretary (IR), Department of Personnel and Training, North Block, New Delhi or  through e-mail to usrti-dopt@nic.in   by November 18, 2011. Persons who are serving under the State/Central Government or any other  organization, may send their particulars through proper channel."
Unquote
 
 
Full text of the circular can be read on LINK below :
 
 
http://circulars.nic.in/WriteReadData/CircularPortal/D2/D02nic/ic.pdf
 
 
My take :
 
Government needs to be congratulated for making process of selection of Information Commissioner open to public.
 
This has been long standing demand of RTI Activists.
 
The big question is ... will  the entire process of selection become transparent?
 
I recommend those who desire to apply for the post to send their application by Speed Post in addition to sending it by email. The movement of Speed Post letter can be tracked on Dept of Posts website. 
 
Remember on 10 Dec 2010, DoPT had issued a circular seeking public comments on proposed amendment to RTI
Rules by email...
 
After sending my comments I had followed it with an RTI seeking file details on which public views were being processed and had asked for attested hard copy of my comments sent by email. DoPT had not diariesd public comments in any file and could not show me the so called folder in which public comments placed as claimed by CPIO (DoPT).
 
When ever I checked with DoPT CPIO, I was told the said folder containing Public Comments "NOT TRACEBLE". The file on which the amendment to RTI rules was delibrated in DoPT had only NAC's comments.
 
Media story on my RTI can be read on the link below.
 
http://www.governancenow.com/gov-next/rti/draft-rti-rules-no-mechanism-track-public-feedback
 
 
Good Luck to candidates.
 
Best
{Commodore Lokesh Batra (Retd.)}
Social & RTI Activist
BringChange

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Re: [rti4empowerment] Re: [rti_india] Attack on Advocate Prashant Bhushan must be squarely and unequivocally condemned, without using any diluting ‘if’ or ‘but’

 

Dear Friends


I have already condemned the attack on Adv . Prashant Bhushan,on the very day of attack. There should not  "IFs " and  " BUTs " in such physical attacks. You may not be agree with the views of any body...............but any body has right to express his/her views....................I AM WITH YOU

rE

Subhash Lomte 

On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 3:14 PM, Gopalkrishnan iyer <iyer_ga@yahoo.com> wrote:
 

Would it not be right   if we compare Digvijay Singh to Shakuni Mama of Mahabharat! He too is credited  with the down fall of Kauravas. UPA today is Kauravas in Kurukshetra?!

From: Hari Goyal <rtidwarka@yahoo.co.in>
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Cc: RTI Activist Hari Goyal <rtidwarka@yahoo.co.in>
Sent: Tuesday, 18 October 2011 12:56 PM
Subject: [rti4empowerment] Re: [rti_india] Attack on Advocate Prashant Bhushan must be squarely and unequivocally condemned, without using any diluting 'if' or 'but'

 
In the forthcoming elections in four states of India, Congress does not need any individual or party to work against its interests, Shri Digvijay Singh is the tall leader to do that job since he is abusive, expert in blame gaming and charging the cusador the second war of Independence. Common man is awakened.  

From: Anita Vijay Mehta <vmehtaudctbby@hotmail.com>
To: rti_india@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, 18 October 2011 10:47 AM
Subject: RE: [rti_india] Attack on Advocate Prashant Bhushan must be squarely and unequivocally condemned, without using any diluting 'if' or 'but'

 
Physical thrashing done to Prashant is also the freedom of expression...exersised by the attackers....
 
Only thing required is that it should be one o one by free hands only and by giving due notice to otherside...
 
As long as We all do not resolve :  "Right is Right and not the Might is Right" such things are inevitable to happen...Let Prashant Bhushan and all of We better understand this...
 
Vijay Mehta. 
To: rti_india@yahoogroups.com
CC: chittabehera@yahoo.co.in
From: iyer_ga@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:59:44 +0530
Subject: Re: [rti_india] Attack on Advocate Prashant Bhushan must be squarely and unequivocally condemned, without using any diluting 'if' or 'but'

 
Prashant has only expressed democratic view, assuming that our country is a democratic one!

The timing of the incident and Mr. Digvijay Singh's relentless utterences gives me an impression that
the assailants are paid goons by ruling party to create fear and  weaken Anna Team's India Against corruption movement and to create split!
From: Chitta Behera <chittabehera1@yahoo.co.in>
To:
Sent: Monday, 17 October 2011 2:02 PM
Subject: [rti_india] Attack on Advocate Prashant Bhushan must be squarely and unequivocally condemned, without using any diluting 'if' or 'but'

 
Attack on Advocate Prashant Bhushan must be squarely and unequivocally condemned, without using any diluting 'if' or 'but'

(Download Oriya article from http://www.box.net/shared/l13nrptros3lpb8vr0tv )

Though most of parties, civil society groups and rights activists have condemned the brutal attack on senior advocate Prashant Bhushan, an overwhelming majority of them including Congress at one extreme and RSS at another have carefully chosen to dilute the tenor of their condemnation by adding an uncalled-for qualifying proviso to their respective statements. The said proviso, though differently worded by different groups, says that Mr.Prashant Bhushan shouldn't have spoken on the Kashmir issue the way he did a few days prior to the tragic incident. It was disturbing to notice that such commentators were overly concerned with the Kashmir issue at the moment, and not with the dirty violence perpetrated on Prashant Bhushan in his chamber in the premises of Supreme Court. It seemed, as if a plebiscite was being undertaken right under their nose in mainland India at that point of time and each of them asked to convey their opinion in the public domain for solving the much tangled Kashmir issue once and for all. On another plane it appeared as if Mr.Prashant Bhushan being the President or Prime Minister of India issued some unacceptable statement which if not shouted down instantly would plunge the whole nation into an irretrievable loss or ignominy. As a matter of fact, nothing of the sort happened. Mr.Bhushan in capacity of a citizen of India expressed certain views on Kashmir, which may not be acceptable to the Government, most political parties or quite many social outfits. But as guaranteed by his fundamental right to freedom of speech and expression under Article 19(1) of the Constitution, Mr.Bhushan or for that matter any citizen of the country is absolutely entitled to air his/her views on any matter if not explicitly subject to reasonable restrictions on the exercise of the said right to freedom as may be required under Article 19 (2) of the Constitution. Has the Government, legislature or judiciary of the country ever imposed any such restriction on the citizens' freedom of expression in respect of Kashmir issue? To our knowledge no and never ever. Then, the moot question arises, as the moment for squarely condemning a physical attack on a citizen's freedom of expression comes, why should one dilute his/her statement of condemnation by issuing an uncalled-for sermon as to what the victim shouldn't have said while exercising the freedom of expression? The real point at issue was whether the violent attack on Mr.Bhushan on the ground of his espousal of certain views on Kashmir was justified at all? Here the question relating to merit or demerit of his views didn't arise at all. Because, the Constitution by virtue of its Article 19(1) has empowered every citizen to speak on the merit or demerit of any position, irrespective of the consideration as to whether it conflicted with or was in sync with the official line or for that matter with any other line. It is a matter of great agony and anguish that even a highly learned veteran of Indian judiciary and the newly inducted Chairman of Press Council Justice Markandey Katzu in course of his recent walk-the-talk interview with Editor Indian Express did also qualify his condemnation of violence against Prashant Bhushan with an advisory that the latter shouldn't have spoken the way he did on Kashmir issue. Such qualifying remarks by Mr.Katzu against Prashant's observations on Kashmir did certainly dilute the tenor of his condemnation against the physical attack on Prashant Bhushan perpetrated by the goons in the guise of self-appointed patriots allegedly to curb his freedom of speech. It's painful to recall that such dastardly attacks undertaken by the muscle-flexing goons at the instance of fundamentalists on the citizens' freedom of speech around this or that issue, have taken place intermittently in last two decades. Attacks on the house of Arundhati Roy for her out-of-box remarks on Kashmir, on that of MF Hussain for his iconoclastic creations of art and the attack on Binayak Sen for his anti-Salwa Jhudum observations are a few recent instances of vicarious persecution by the civil society goons in connivance with the powers-that-be. The net result of such attacks on the great free thinkers of our country is a slow, but steady erosion of the very legitimacy of the constitutionally guaranteed freedom of speech and expression, on account of which India is slipping off into the murderous clutches of diehard fundamentalist and obscurantist forces. To safeguard India's destiny as a pluralist democracy, what is required at the moment is to give a try to Mr.Prashant Bhushan's proposal to ban and boycott those very outfits which in the name of 'nation' or 'religion' hold to ransom the citizens' freedom of expression, the foundational principle of any democracy worth the name.

Chitta Behera, Cuttack
17 October 2011








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Re: [HumJanenge] RTI User in Orissa implicated in false charges by Officials of Forest Dept. – Another testimony of Official-induced Harassment to the Citizen.

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From: Pradip Pradhan <pradippradhan63@gmail.com>
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Subject: [HumJanenge] RTI User in Orissa implicated in false charges by Officials of Forest Dept. – Another testimony of Official-induced Harassment to the Citizen.

RTI User in Orissa implicated in false charges by Officials of  Forest Dept. – Another testimony of Official-induced Harassment to the Citizen(13)
 
Dear friends
 
 Since last few months,  there is an unprecedented development in rural Orissa that more and more people of disadvantaged communities  are coming forward to take up corrupt issues through using RTI in the state of Orissa.  Now RTI is not at all  a cup of tea for urban Middle Class. But  the common people at grass root level have come forward  to assert their right  to access the information and expose  the corruption  and  irregularities  through using RTI  and  taking   risk of life in their Endeavour of  enforcing  a transparent and accountable governance system  in the state. 
 
Mr. Braja Bihari Swain, aged about 66year, a retired employee of Orissa Forest Development Corporation,   in Nayagarh District of Orissa   is the president of 11Mouza Forest Protection Committee (an initiative by people of eleven villages for protecting the forest) for the year 2008 and 2009.  While interacting with the people, he came to know about a massive corruption in CAMPA fund and utilization of  Govt. Grants in Ranapur Forest Range.  He submitted RTI Application  to the PIO, office of Divisional Forest Officer, Khurda to  know the details of CAMPA project and fund allocated and utilized for the same. Tracing out  series of irregularities  in CAMPA project after  having gone through  the information supplied by DFO office, he submitted  a  petition to PCCF- Aranya Bhawan, DG-Vigilance, Govt. of Orissa, Secretary,  Department of  Forest and Environment and Divisonal Forest officer, Khurda for an enquiry and take legal action against the culprits. Being  greatly disturbed and terrified by the complaint petition,  the Range-Officer, Ranpur( Abhay Jena) and Forester, Sankhajodi Beat( Ramesh Chandra Jani) has registered a malicious and false case of illicit tree felling  against him and threatened   to murder   making him  as  co-accused with 18 professional timber mafias in Nayagarh district.
 
Information obtained under RTI  
  1. As per the Information obtained under RTI from Divisional Forest Office, Khurda dated 21/ 10/2010, around 10.58lakh rupees have been  spent for plantation in 64 hectare in Mal reserve forest.
  2. As per  Information supplied by DFO Khurda (Ranapur forest range office falls under this Division) dated 16th April 2011, around 4.34 lakh was spent for Plantation in 64 hectre in Mal Reserve Forest.
 
  1. The above two information do not match each other though both the reports are furnished by the same Office. This variation gives a fishy smell in the whole affairs of plantation in the area.
 
  1.  That as per the information supplied by DFO Khurda dated 12th May 2011 where they have supplied 15 cash voucher copies which amounts to around 3.77lakh rupees and this information was given against our question on all the cash voucher copies of the amount of 4.34lakh spent for plantation in 64 hectare in mal reserve forest. In addition to this two cash vouchers vide 87 ® 7/10 and 88( r) 7/10 that amounts to Rs 68,400  were not counter signed by the concerned Range Officer and passed by the DFO Khurda. This shows that the amounts they have been claiming to be spent are not in the vouchers and secondly the DFO has not sincerely examined while signing the Vouchers.
 
  About the False case:
AS per the FIR No 150/11filed dated 10.9. 2011  by Forest Ranger,  Charges  have been leveled against him  under section 294/379/506/149 of IPC and section 25 and 27 of Arms Act. In the above case he has  been made co-accused  along with other 18 members. The intention of filling this case  is to harass him and desist him  from filing complaints and RTI applications against the Ranpur Range Officer. As he was instrumental in filing the RTI applications and petitions, they had targeted him  by filing a false case. At any time, the police may arrest him.
 
 Now he has filed a petition to Orissa Information Commission and Orissa Human Rights Commission  praying for an enquiry into the matter  and  give him justice.
 
Pradip Pradhan
RTI Activist, Orissa
M-99378-43482
Date- 31.10.2011


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Re: [HumJanenge] RTI User in Orissa implicated in false charges by Officials of Forest Dept. – Another testimony of Official-induced Harassment to the Citizen.

Dear Friends,

This is rather unfortunate.

RTI delivery is flawed with manual processing which is discretionary too some time. Promulgating RTI Act is necessary but not sufficient. The completeness of RTI Act needs to be achieved by its delivery process through e governance. Please refer my couple of mails earlier. 

We are going to see the same deficiencies even if we get the best of Lok Pals and Lok Ayuktas.

Out of the three layers of governance Vital, Essential and Desirable (VED), V is made up of politicians and babus, E is made up of police, judges, CBI, CVC etc and D is all the rest.

V layer the most important and heaviest of all is mostly corrupt and is stinking in India. The moment e governance addresses the functions of   V layer, this would become 90 % corruption free. E and D layers will simply follow in the foot steps of V layer as shear weight of V layer will pull them through and take them along a good path. 

Just to re-iterate, all 40 developed countries have their V layer functions performed mostly through e governance.

We need to continue with our efforts to improve the delivery of RTI and press for e governance in a time bound manner.
 
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Subject: [HumJanenge] RTI User in Orissa implicated in false charges by Officials of Forest Dept. – Another testimony of Official-induced Harassment to the Citizen.

RTI User in Orissa implicated in false charges by Officials of  Forest Dept. – Another testimony of Official-induced Harassment to the Citizen(13)
 
Dear friends
 
 Since last few months,  there is an unprecedented development in rural Orissa that more and more people of disadvantaged communities  are coming forward to take up corrupt issues through using RTI in the state of Orissa.  Now RTI is not at all  a cup of tea for urban Middle Class. But  the common people at grass root level have come forward  to assert their right  to access the information and expose  the corruption  and  irregularities  through using RTI  and  taking   risk of life in their Endeavour of  enforcing  a transparent and accountable governance system  in the state. 
 
Mr. Braja Bihari Swain, aged about 66year, a retired employee of Orissa Forest Development Corporation,   in Nayagarh District of Orissa   is the president of 11Mouza Forest Protection Committee (an initiative by people of eleven villages for protecting the forest) for the year 2008 and 2009.  While interacting with the people, he came to know about a massive corruption in CAMPA fund and utilization of  Govt. Grants in Ranapur Forest Range.  He submitted RTI Application  to the PIO, office of Divisional Forest Officer, Khurda to  know the details of CAMPA project and fund allocated and utilized for the same. Tracing out  series of irregularities  in CAMPA project after  having gone through  the information supplied by DFO office, he submitted  a  petition to PCCF- Aranya Bhawan, DG-Vigilance, Govt. of Orissa, Secretary,  Department of  Forest and Environment and Divisonal Forest officer, Khurda for an enquiry and take legal action against the culprits. Being  greatly disturbed and terrified by the complaint petition,  the Range-Officer, Ranpur( Abhay Jena) and Forester, Sankhajodi Beat( Ramesh Chandra Jani) has registered a malicious and false case of illicit tree felling  against him and threatened   to murder   making him  as  co-accused with 18 professional timber mafias in Nayagarh district.
 
Information obtained under RTI  
  1. As per the Information obtained under RTI from Divisional Forest Office, Khurda dated 21/ 10/2010, around 10.58lakh rupees have been  spent for plantation in 64 hectare in Mal reserve forest.
  2. As per  Information supplied by DFO Khurda (Ranapur forest range office falls under this Division) dated 16th April 2011, around 4.34 lakh was spent for Plantation in 64 hectre in Mal Reserve Forest.
 
  1. The above two information do not match each other though both the reports are furnished by the same Office. This variation gives a fishy smell in the whole affairs of plantation in the area.
 
  1.  That as per the information supplied by DFO Khurda dated 12th May 2011 where they have supplied 15 cash voucher copies which amounts to around 3.77lakh rupees and this information was given against our question on all the cash voucher copies of the amount of 4.34lakh spent for plantation in 64 hectare in mal reserve forest. In addition to this two cash vouchers vide 87 ® 7/10 and 88( r) 7/10 that amounts to Rs 68,400  were not counter signed by the concerned Range Officer and passed by the DFO Khurda. This shows that the amounts they have been claiming to be spent are not in the vouchers and secondly the DFO has not sincerely examined while signing the Vouchers.
 
  About the False case:
AS per the FIR No 150/11filed dated 10.9. 2011  by Forest Ranger,  Charges  have been leveled against him  under section 294/379/506/149 of IPC and section 25 and 27 of Arms Act. In the above case he has  been made co-accused  along with other 18 members. The intention of filling this case  is to harass him and desist him  from filing complaints and RTI applications against the Ranpur Range Officer. As he was instrumental in filing the RTI applications and petitions, they had targeted him  by filing a false case. At any time, the police may arrest him.
 
 Now he has filed a petition to Orissa Information Commission and Orissa Human Rights Commission  praying for an enquiry into the matter  and  give him justice.
 
Pradip Pradhan
RTI Activist, Orissa
M-99378-43482
Date- 31.10.2011


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On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 11:12 AM, Pradip Pradhan <pradippradhan63@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear  friends
Greetings from Odisha Sochana Adhikar Abhijan

Please  find attached herewith  Booklet  entitled "CIVIL SOCIETY EFFORTS TO SET ARIGHT ORISSA'S FAULTY RTI REGIME - A COMPILATION"  published on occasion of  6th State Convention on Right to Information  held in Bhubaneswar, capital city of Orissa  on 28th to 30th Aug.2011. If anybody requires hard copy, I will be happy to send it with payment of Rs. 100/- per each copy.
Regards
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[HumJanenge] Booklet on RTI

Dear  friends
Greetings from Odisha Sochana Adhikar Abhijan

Please  find attached herewith  Booklet  entitled "CIVIL SOCIETY EFFORTS TO SET ARIGHT ORISSA'S FAULTY RTI REGIME - A COMPILATION"  published on occasion of  6th State Convention on Right to Information  held in Bhubaneswar, capital city of Orissa  on 28th to 30th Aug.2011. If anybody requires hard copy, I will be happy to send it with payment of Rs. 100/- per each copy.
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[HumJanenge] RTI User in Orissa implicated in false charges by Officials of Forest Dept. – Another testimony of Official-induced Harassment to the Citizen.

RTI User in Orissa implicated in false charges by Officials of  Forest Dept. – Another testimony of Official-induced Harassment to the Citizen(13)

 

Dear friends

 

 Since last few months,  there is an unprecedented development in rural Orissa that more and more people of disadvantaged communities  are coming forward to take up corrupt issues through using RTI in the state of Orissa.  Now RTI is not at all  a cup of tea for urban Middle Class. But  the common people at grass root level have come forward  to assert their right  to access the information and expose  the corruption  and  irregularities  through using RTI  and  taking   risk of life in their Endeavour of  enforcing  a transparent and accountable governance system  in the state. 

 

Mr. Braja Bihari Swain, aged about 66year, a retired employee of Orissa Forest Development Corporation,   in Nayagarh District of Orissa   is the president of 11Mouza Forest Protection Committee (an initiative by people of eleven villages for protecting the forest) for the year 2008 and 2009.  While interacting with the people, he came to know about a massive corruption in CAMPA fund and utilization of  Govt. Grants in Ranapur Forest Range.  He submitted RTI Application  to the PIO, office of Divisional Forest Officer, Khurda to  know the details of CAMPA project and fund allocated and utilized for the same. Tracing out  series of irregularities  in CAMPA project after  having gone through  the information supplied by DFO office, he submitted  a  petition to PCCF- Aranya Bhawan, DG-Vigilance, Govt. of Orissa, Secretary,  Department of  Forest and Environment and Divisonal Forest officer, Khurda for an enquiry and take legal action against the culprits. Being  greatly disturbed and terrified by the complaint petition,  the Range-Officer, Ranpur( Abhay Jena) and Forester, Sankhajodi Beat( Ramesh Chandra Jani) has registered a malicious and false case of illicit tree felling  against him and threatened   to murder   making him  as  co-accused with 18 professional timber mafias in Nayagarh district.

 

Information obtained under RTI  

  1. As per the Information obtained under RTI from Divisional Forest Office, Khurda dated 21/ 10/2010, around 10.58lakh rupees have been  spent for plantation in 64 hectare in Mal reserve forest.
  2. As per  Information supplied by DFO Khurda (Ranapur forest range office falls under this Division) dated 16th April 2011, around 4.34 lakh was spent for Plantation in 64 hectre in Mal Reserve Forest.

 

  1. The above two information do not match each other though both the reports are furnished by the same Office. This variation gives a fishy smell in the whole affairs of plantation in the area.

 

  1.  That as per the information supplied by DFO Khurda dated 12th May 2011 where they have supplied 15 cash voucher copies which amounts to around 3.77lakh rupees and this information was given against our question on all the cash voucher copies of the amount of 4.34lakh spent for plantation in 64 hectare in mal reserve forest. In addition to this two cash vouchers vide 87 ® 7/10 and 88( r) 7/10 that amounts to Rs 68,400  were not counter signed by the concerned Range Officer and passed by the DFO Khurda. This shows that the amounts they have been claiming to be spent are not in the vouchers and secondly the DFO has not sincerely examined while signing the Vouchers.

 

  About the False case:

AS per the FIR No 150/11filed dated 10.9. 2011  by Forest Ranger,  Charges  have been leveled against him  under section 294/379/506/149 of IPC and section 25 and 27 of Arms Act. In the above case he has  been made co-accused  along with other 18 members. The intention of filling this case  is to harass him and desist him  from filing complaints and RTI applications against the Ranpur Range Officer. As he was instrumental in filing the RTI applications and petitions, they had targeted him  by filing a false case. At any time, the police may arrest him.

 

 Now he has filed a petition to Orissa Information Commission and Orissa Human Rights Commission  praying for an enquiry into the matter  and  give him justice.

 

Pradip Pradhan

RTI Activist, Orissa

M-99378-43482

Date- 31.10.2011

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Re: [rti4empowerment] Re: [rti_india] Attack on Advocate Prashant Bhushan must be squarely and unequivocally condemned, without using any diluting ‘if’ or ‘but’

DEAR IYER I JOIN WITH YOU TO CONDEMN THE ATTACK ON MR PRASHANT
BHUSHAN, SR. ADVOCATE
DR. JN SHARMA
ADVOCATE

On 10/18/11, Gopalkrishnan iyer <iyer_ga@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Would it not be right if we compare Digvijay Singh to Shakuni Mama of
> Mahabharat! He too is credited with the down fall of Kauravas. UPA today is
> Kauravas in Kurukshetra?!
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Hari Goyal <rtidwarka@yahoo.co.in>
> To: "rti_india@yahoogroups.com" <rti_india@yahoogroups.com>;
> "humjanege@googlewsgroups.com" <humjanege@googlewsgroups.com>; Editor
> beyondheadlines.in <edit@beyondheadlines.in>; shirish dave
> <smdave1940@yahoo.com>; RTI Activists Bombay and Bangalore
> <rti4empowerment@yahoogroups.com>; "nrindian@googlegroups.com"
> <nrindian@googlegroups.com>
> Cc: RTI Activist Hari Goyal <rtidwarka@yahoo.co.in>
> Sent: Tuesday, 18 October 2011 12:56 PM
> Subject: [rti4empowerment] Re: [rti_india] Attack on Advocate Prashant
> Bhushan must be squarely and unequivocally condemned, without using any
> diluting 'if' or 'but'
>
>
>
> In the forthcoming elections in four states of India, Congress does not need
> any individual or party to work against its interests, Shri Digvijay Singh
> is the tall leader to do that job since he is abusive, expert in blame
> gaming and charging the cusador the second war of Independence. Common man
> is awakened.
>
> From: Anita Vijay Mehta <vmehtaudctbby@hotmail.com>
> To: rti_india@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, 18 October 2011 10:47 AM
> Subject: RE: [rti_india] Attack on Advocate Prashant Bhushan must be
> squarely and unequivocally condemned, without using any diluting 'if' or
> 'but'
>
>
>
> Physical thrashing done to Prashant is also the freedom of
> expression...exersised by the attackers....
>
> Only thing required is that it should be one o one by free hands only and by
> giving due notice to otherside...
>
> As long as We all do not resolve : "Right is Right and not the Might is
> Right" such things are inevitable to happen...Let Prashant Bhushan and all
> of We better understand this...
>
> Vijay Mehta.
>
> To: rti_india@yahoogroups.com
> CC: chittabehera@yahoo.co.in
> From: iyer_ga@yahoo.com
> Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:59:44 +0530
> Subject: Re: [rti_india] Attack on Advocate Prashant Bhushan must be
> squarely and unequivocally condemned, without using any diluting 'if' or
> 'but'
>
>
> Prashant has only expressed democratic view, assuming that our country is a
> democratic one!
>
> The timing of the incident and Mr. Digvijay Singh's relentless utterences
> gives me an impression that
> the assailants are paid goons by ruling party to create fear and weaken
> Anna Team's India Against corruption movement and to create split!
>
> From: Chitta Behera <chittabehera1@yahoo.co.in>
> To:
> Sent: Monday, 17 October 2011 2:02 PM
> Subject: [rti_india] Attack on Advocate Prashant Bhushan must be squarely
> and unequivocally condemned, without using any diluting 'if' or 'but'
>
>
>
> Attack on Advocate Prashant Bhushan must be squarely and unequivocally
> condemned, without using any diluting 'if' or 'but'
>
> (Download Oriya article from http://www.box.net/shared/l13nrptros3lpb8vr0tv)
>
> Though most of parties, civil society groups and rights activists have
> condemned the brutal attack on senior advocate Prashant Bhushan, an
> overwhelming majority of them including Congress at one extreme and RSS at
> another have carefully chosen to dilute the tenor of their condemnation by
> adding an uncalled-for qualifying proviso to their respective statements.
> The said proviso, though differently worded by different groups, says that
> Mr.Prashant Bhushan shouldn't have spoken on the Kashmir issue the way he
> did a few days prior to the tragic incident. It was disturbing to notice
> that such commentators were overly concerned with the Kashmir issue at the
> moment, and not with the dirty violence perpetrated on Prashant Bhushan in
> his chamber in the premises of Supreme Court. It seemed, as if a plebiscite
> was being undertaken right under their nose in mainland India at that point
> of time and each of them asked to convey their opinion in the public domain
> for
> solving the much tangled Kashmir issue once and for all. On another plane
> it appeared as if Mr.Prashant Bhushan being the President or Prime Minister
> of India issued some unacceptable statement which if not shouted down
> instantly would plunge the whole nation into an irretrievable loss or
> ignominy. As a matter of fact, nothing of the sort happened. Mr.Bhushan in
> capacity of a citizen of India expressed certain views on Kashmir, which may
> not be acceptable to the Government, most political parties or quite many
> social outfits. But as guaranteed by his fundamental right to freedom of
> speech and expression under Article 19(1) of the Constitution, Mr.Bhushan or
> for that matter any citizen of the country is absolutely entitled to air
> his/her views on any matter if not explicitly subject to reasonable
> restrictions on the exercise of the said right to freedom as may be required
> under Article 19 (2) of the Constitution. Has the Government, legislature or
> judiciary of the country ever imposed any such restriction on the citizens'
> freedom of expression in respect of Kashmir issue? To our knowledge no and
> never ever. Then, the moot question arises, as the moment for squarely
> condemning a physical attack on a citizen's freedom of expression comes, why
> should one dilute his/her statement of condemnation by issuing an
> uncalled-for sermon as to what the victim shouldn't have said while
> exercising the freedom of expression? The real point at issue was whether
> the violent attack on Mr.Bhushan on the ground of his espousal of certain
> views on Kashmir was justified at all? Here the question relating to merit
> or demerit of his views didn't arise at all. Because, the Constitution by
> virtue of its Article 19(1) has empowered every citizen to speak on the
> merit or demerit of any position, irrespective of the consideration as to
> whether it conflicted with or was in sync with the official line or for that
> matter
> with any other line. It is a matter of great agony and anguish that even a
> highly learned veteran of Indian judiciary and the newly inducted Chairman
> of Press Council Justice Markandey Katzu in course of his recent
> walk-the-talk interview with Editor Indian Express did also qualify his
> condemnation of violence against Prashant Bhushan with an advisory that the
> latter shouldn't have spoken the way he did on Kashmir issue. Such
> qualifying remarks by Mr.Katzu against Prashant's observations on Kashmir
> did certainly dilute the tenor of his condemnation against the physical
> attack on Prashant Bhushan perpetrated by the goons in the guise of
> self-appointed patriots allegedly to curb his freedom of speech. It's
> painful to recall that such dastardly attacks undertaken by the
> muscle-flexing goons at the instance of fundamentalists on the citizens'
> freedom of speech around this or that issue, have taken place intermittently
> in last two decades. Attacks on
> the house of Arundhati Roy for her out-of-box remarks on Kashmir, on that
> of MF Hussain for his iconoclastic creations of art and the attack on
> Binayak Sen for his anti-Salwa Jhudum observations are a few recent
> instances of vicarious persecution by the civil society goons in connivance
> with the powers-that-be. The net result of such attacks on the great free
> thinkers of our country is a slow, but steady erosion of the very legitimacy
> of the constitutionally guaranteed freedom of speech and expression, on
> account of which India is slipping off into the murderous clutches of
> diehard fundamentalist and obscurantist forces. To safeguard India's destiny
> as a pluralist democracy, what is required at the moment is to give a try to
> Mr.Prashant Bhushan's proposal to ban and boycott those very outfits which
> in the name of 'nation' or 'religion' hold to ransom the citizens' freedom
> of expression, the foundational principle of any democracy worth the
> name.
>
> Chitta Behera, Cuttack
> 17 October 2011
>
>
>
>
>
>


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Saturday, October 29, 2011

Re: [HumJanenge] Protest against killing of RTI Activists.

Dear Shashikumar,

The Whistle Blower Act is for the Govt Officials who expose corruption
in their Department. Where as the RTI Activists are the outside
persons like journalists who expose the corruption. Hence they have
protect themselves just how the Media protects them self from Demation
and Contempt Proceedings.

You realy feel that RTI Activists need protection, then all the RTI
Activists of the Bangalore (atleast) should uninit together.

But it has failed so many times in Bangalore, because of their Egostic
Approach, Not Maintaining Transperency among them selves and Not
sharing the Information what they have obtained under RTI.

Instead they pay bribe to the PIO's of Rs. 500 per month get the RTI
application copies, duplicate them by sending the same application
intheir own name.

So RTI Activists are back stabing the genuine RTI Activists in Bangalore.

On 9/18/11, SHASHI KUMAR.A.R. <rudreshtechnology@gmail.com> wrote:
> THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD BRING IMMIDIATELY WHISTLE BLOWERS ACT TO PROTECT THE
> LIFE OF RTI ACTIVISTS & THEIR FAMILIES , ALREADY SEVERAL PEOPLES KILLED BUT
> GOVERNMENT IS SILENT DUE TO RAMPAT CORRUPTION
>
> On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 9:08 AM, M.K. Gupta <mkgupta100@yahoo.co.in> wrote:
>
>> Some protest must be undertaken in Bhopal and Madhya Pradesh too.
>>
>> --- On *Sat, 17/9/11, rajeev kumar <yadavrajeev_2005@yahoo.co.in>* wrote:
>>
>>
>> From: rajeev kumar <yadavrajeev_2005@yahoo.co.in>
>> Subject: Re: [HumJanenge] Protest against killing of RTI Activists.
>> To: humjanenge@googlegroups.com
>> Date: Saturday, 17 September, 2011, 4:05 PM
>>
>>
>> Go ahead!
>>
>> Regards,
>> Rajeev Yadav,
>> National President,
>> (B.Sc., M.B.A., L.L.B., P.G.D. Human Rights),
>> Adhikaar the rights path,
>> +919811242471.
>> www.adhikaar.in
>> .
>>
>> --- On *Wed, 7/9/11, Anand acf <acfanand@gmail.com>* wrote:
>>
>>
>> From: Anand acf <acfanand@gmail.com>
>> Subject: [HumJanenge] Protest against killing of RTI Activists.
>> To: "humjanenge" <humjanenge@googlegroups.com>, "hrm"
>> <hrm@yahoogroups.com>,
>> "rti4emp yahoo" <rti4empowerment@yahoogroups.com>, "rti4empowerment" <
>> rti4empowerment@googlegroups.com>, "rti_india@yahoogroups.com" <
>> rti_india@yahoogroups.com>, "rti4ngo" <rti4ngo@yahoogroups.com>,
>> "rti_india-normal" <rti_india-normal@yahoogroups.com>, "rtigroupaligarh" <
>> rtigroupaligarh@googlegroups.com>, "rtimahilamanchup" <
>> rtimahilamanchup@yahoo.co>, "citizens-action-forum" <
>> citizens-action-forum@googlegroups.com>, "vishva-kannada-samaja" <
>> vishva-kannada-samaja@googlegroups.com>, "antibriberycampaign" <
>> antibriberycampaign@yahoogroups.com>, "basavaraj itnal" <
>> basavarajitnal@gmail.com>, "dalitfoundation@vsnl.net" <
>> dalitfoundation@vsnl.net>, "INDIARTI" <INDIARTI@yahoogroups.com>,
>> "Invites" <invites@yahoogroups.com>, "JN jayashree" <
>> jnjayashree62@yahoo.com>, "Jagrut Nagrik Manch" <
>> jagrutnagrik@yahoogroups.com>, "Karamyog" <karmayog@yahoogroups.com>,
>> "kannada2" <kannada2@yahoogroups.com>, "kria" <kria@yahoogroups.com>,
>> "Kathyayini Chamaraj" <kchamaraj@gmail.com>, "SHASHI KUMAR.A.R." <
>> rudreshtechnology@gmail.com>, "kria" <kria@yahoo.com>, "mallikarjun ls" <
>> mallik.ls@gmail.com>, "manorights" <manorights@gmail.com>, "Manish
>> Sisodia" <msisodia@gmail.com>, "Geeta Menon" <mahila_21@yahoo.co.in>,
>> "Mathews Philip" <mathews.ashok@gmail.com>, "mahadhikar" <
>> mahadhikar@fastmail.fm>, "niranjan.initator"
>> <niranjan.initiator@gmail.com>,
>> "Edwin, OpenSpace" <edwin@openspace.org.in>, "payaganeshpatrike" <
>> payaganeshpatrike@gmail.com>, "right2food" <right2food@googlegroups.com>,
>> "Child Rights Trust" <crtindia@yahoo.co.in>, "Ram S Pejawar" <
>> pejawar.ram@gmail.com>, "umapathy subramanyam" <umapathi.s.rti@gmail.com>,
>> "K T Satheesh Gowda" <kts_gowda@yahoo.com>, "viji thilak" <
>> vijayathilagam@gmail.com>, "Urban Research Centre" <urcblr@gmail.com>,
>> "umashankarc" <umashankarc@yahoo.com>, "Urvashiriti" <
>> urvashirti@yahoogroups.co.in>, "Vidya Dinker" <vidyadinker@gmail.com>
>> Date: Wednesday, 7 September, 2011, 8:30 PM
>>
>> Dear friends RTI Activists of Bangalore are protesting aginst killing
>> of RTI Activist Shiela Masood, Bhopa, Madhya Pradesh tomorrow.
>>
>> Date: 08-09-2011
>> Time: 10:00 AM
>> Venue: Mahatma Gandhi Stature, M.G, Road, Bangalore
>>
>> Pleae Joint and also bring other Activsts.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> --
>> Anand S.
>> Coordinator, Anti Corruption Forum
>> Bangalore 560 085.
>> Cell No. +91-98450-39699
>>
>>
>


--
Anand S.
Coordinator, Anti Corruption Forum
Bangalore 560 085.
Cell No. +91-98450-39699

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[HumJanenge] [HumJanenge-YG] PTI/HT : Don't bring changes to RTI: Advani

 

http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Thiruvananthapuram/Don-t-bring-changes-to-RTI-Advani/Article1-762434.aspx

Don't bring changes to RTI: Advani

Press Trust Of India
Thiruvananthapuram, October 29, 2011
 
First Published: 14:16 IST(29/10/2011)
Last Updated: 14:18 IST(29/10/2011)
 
 
Opposing the move to dilute the RTI Act, BJP leader LK Advani on Saturday said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's talk of a relook at the Act could be due to "sharp" differences between some of his ministers giving the impression of a "civil war" within the government.
 
"I see no reason for the talk of a critical relook at the RTI except for the fact that differences between (Union ministers) Pranab Mukherjee and Chidambaram came to fore very sharply and gave the impression of a civil war going on within the government. That is the only reason for the anger of Prime Minister against RTI," he told reporters here.
 
BJP was totally opposed to any move to dilute the Act, through which some of the major corruption cases had come to light, he said.
 
UPA government, which claimed RTI as one of its major achievements, was now trying to have a relook at it as certain corruption exposes had materialised through the RTI itself, Advani said. "We are opposed to any change of any kind in the RTI law," he said.
 
Asked if the BJP had the moral standing to take on the Congress on corruption when former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa .................... 

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