[HumJanenge] Re: PUBLIC GRIEVANCE: Please don't allow Ms. Annapurna Dixit to be killed also

Dear Guptaji

As you know I have a certain grasp of the English language (despite
the fact that my ancestors were Pandits of Sanskrit and mentored ,
say, Lalal Lajpat Rai, to use Hindi as vehicle for national
integration) and like to use 1 word instead of 10. I am sure Mr.
Mishra would get what I am conveying

"Duffer" = "An incompetent or stupid person, esp. an elderly one."

On Aug 30, 8:12 am, "M.K. Gupta" <mkgupta...@yahoo.co.in> wrote:
> It seems that the govt. has made the CIC shelter home after retirement.  Last week, I attending a hearing before one of the three newly appointed ICs and was amazed at the efficiency of that Commissioner.
>
> However, I have reservation of the use of "duffer" for any official/IC as this is pinching and no one should not write such an intemperate language.
>
> ________________________________
>  From: Sarbajit Roy <sroy...@gmail.com>
> To: s.mishra <s.mis...@nic.in>; satyananda mishra <satyanandamis...@hotmail.com>
> Sent: Monday, 27 August 2012 10:28 PM
> Subject: [HumJanenge] PUBLIC GRIEVANCE: Please don't allow Ms. Annapurna Dixit to be killed also
>
> To:
> Shri Satyananda Mishra-ji
> Chief Information Commissioner of India
> Central Information Commission
> August Kranti Bhawan
> New Delhi
>
> By EMAIL
>
> 27-Aug-2012
>
> Respected Sir
>
> On behalf of the members of the "Humjanenge" RTI mailing lists, having
> 13,976 subscribers, of which I am a Moderator, I am constrained to
> report / suggest as follows, in the larger public interest.
>
> I refer to the CIC cause lists for today 27.08.2012 and also tomorrow
> 28.08.2012.
>
> The citizens of India, through me,  are AGGRIEVED that whereas recent
> batch of 3 LAZY, INCOMPETENT and INEFFICIENT "DUFFERS" are unable to
> pull their weight at the CIC, the 2 sheet anchors of the CIC ie. Ms.
> Annapurna Dixit and Mr. M.L.Sharma are having to dispose of 25 cases
> each day in contrast to the 3 new duffers who barely dispose of 6
> cases each day.
>
> The citizens of India, through me, are AGGRIEVED that in 2005 the
> Prime Minister of
> India, got the late Shri J,.N.Dixit (National Security Adviser) killed
> due to overwork and
> undue stress [http://m.outlookindia.com/story.aspx?sid=4&aid=226924] and same
> tragedy should not occur again under your watch.
>
> The citizens of India, through me, SUGGEST that the work load of  Ms. Annapurna
> Dixit be reduced immediately by you as she has a large family to take
> care of, and that
> our new batch of Information Commissioners be warned to either shape up or ship
> out.
>
> PS: I am given to understand that the latest scheme for PG redressal requires
> all Public Grievances received by the Head of the Department / Organisation
> to be acknowledged within 3 days indicating the time to disposal.
>
> with best wishes
>
> Sarbajit Roy
> New Delhi
>
> On 8/18/12, Sarbajit Roy <sroy...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > To:
> > Shri Satyananda Mishra-ji
> > Chief Information Commissioner of India
> > Central Information Commission
> > August Kranti Bhawan
> > New Delhi>
> > By EMAIL
>
> > 18-Aug-2012
>
> > Respected Sir
>
> > On behalf of the members of the "Humjanenge" RTI mailing lists, having
> > 13,971 subscribers, of which I am a Moderator, I am constrained to
> > report / suggest as follows, in the larger public interest.
>
> > Our members are AGGRIEVED that since April 2012 the Hon'ble Commission
> > has stopped the practice of reporting its monthly disposals and also
> > the pending backlog on "cic.gov.in" . It is pertinent that the last
> > disclosed statistics reveal that upwards of 3,000 fresh cases are
> > being received each month, the monthly disposal is allegedly about
> > 2,000 cases, and the backlog of 25,000 cases would take at least 1
> > year to clear.
>
> > We are now caused to say that the monthly figures published so far are
> > spurious, fictitious and are not borne out by the number of decisions
> > independently published on the Commission's other website
> > "rti.india.gov.in".
>
> > To illustrate, the Commission's other website reveals that from
> > 1-July-2012 till today decisions / orders for 2,783 matters have been
> > published. Our members at cost of great time and personal effort have
> > determined that about 1310 matters (47%) are either merely a)
> > transfers to a First Appellate Authority or b) determination that case
> > has been previously decided.
>
> > The net effective disposal rate works out to 1473 matters in 29
> > effective working days, ie a SHOCKING disposal of ONLY 50 decisions
> > per day for the Commission as a whole. On the average it appears that
> > each information Commissioner is only deciding 7 matters per day. At
> > this rate the pending backlog will take over 3 years to get cleared.
>
> > As it seems that none of the Information Commissioners at the present
> > time are qualified or knowledgeable in Statistical methods, we submit
> > that the Commission must dispose of at least 300 pending cases every
> > day if the present backlog has to be cleared within the next 12
> > months. This translates into about 35 cases each day per Information
> > Commissioner, including yourself.
>
> > Our members are also AGGRIEVED that whereas Information Commissioners
> > such as Ms. Sushma Singh are promptly disposing of Complaints within
> > 10 days of receipt, other Commissioners, including yourself, take up
> > to a year to address them. The citizens ought not to be subject to
> > such arbitrary actions on part of the Commission especially since the
> > Commission's pro-active disclosure u/s 4(1)(b)(iv) of RTI Act is so
> > incomplete and evasive on this aspect.
>
> > Our members are further AGGRIEVED that whereas enlightened
> > Commissioners like Smt. Sushma Singh have readily grasped the concept
> > that Complaints u/s 18 are an EXTRA-ORDINARY remedy needing prompt and
> > PRIORITY action, the rest of the Commission still persists in equating
> > Appeals and Complaints as equivalent and according the same priority
> > to both.
>
> > Finally, our members are AGGRIEVED that Mr. Pankaj Shreyaskar, despite
> > being from the Indian Statistical Service has deliberately suppressed
> > and manipulated the statistics of disposals by the Hon'ble Commission
> > to bring about this sorry state of affairs.
>
> > We therefore suggest that this email be placed before the Commission
> > at its next meeting and you exercise your powers under Section 12(4)
> > of the Act to direct that each Commissioner must endeavour to dispose
> > of at least 25 cases each day from here on so that some semblance of
> > sanity is maintained. We also suggest that Mr. Pankaj Shreyaskar be
> > transferred out and another Statistical Services officer be deputed in
> > his place.
>
> > with best wishes
>
> > Sarbajit Roy
> > New Delhi