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

Dear Roy, I want to speak to you on phone about this.  Kindly share your phone number.

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From: Sarbajit Roy <sroy.mb@gmail.com>
To: s.mishra <s.mishra@nic.in>; satyananda mishra <satyanandamishra@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.mb@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
>