[HumJanenge] File No: CIC/SG/A/2011/002839

To:
The Chief Information Commissioner of India,
The Central Information Commission at New Delhi

BY EMAIL

01-Jan-2012

Respected Sir

I refer to the Annual Report of the Hon'ble Commission for the year
2010-2011 which I downloaded from the website of the Commission.

At page no.142 therein I find that the UT of Andaman and Nicobar is a
single public authority for purposes of RTI Act 2005. I am therefore
unable to reconcile this fact with Mr. Shailesh Gandhi's recent order
dated 8.12.2011 in the subject appeal, wherein Mr Gandhi has not
objected to CPIOs of the same public authority "transferring" RTI
requests to each other and also there is evidently confusion about the
concerned appellate authorities resulting in no decisions being
delivered by the First Appellate Authorities. As a result of such
slackness, junior officers are enabled being made the scapegoat and
penalised for the sins of their superiors, with Mr Gandhi turning a
Nelson's eye to the improper implementation of RTI Act in UT of A&N -
which UT has been "allocated" to him by yourself u/s 12(4) of the
Act..

Accordingly, I would therefore request you to kind ensure the proper
superintendence of Mr. Gandhi insofar as his independent exercise of
the Commission's powers are concerned,and also since his self imposed
work schedule / large cause list results in hasty, "cyclostyled" and
legally unsound orders which I am now constrained to bring to your
notice for superintendence in terms of the Act.

Yours faithfully,

Sarbajit Roy

B-59 Defence Colony
New Delhi 110024