Recommendations of the Committee to evolve Model Format for RTI Replies
12 November 2014
THROUGH E-MAIL
Chief Secretary to Government Punjab
Punjab Civil Secretariat, Chandigarh
Chief Secretary to Government Haryana
Haryana Civil Secretariat, Chandigarh
S.B. Deepak Kumar, IAS, Special Secretary Home,
UT Secretariat, Sector 9, Chandigarh
This Mail in original is also sent through e-mail to:
- Chief Justice, Hon'ble Punjab & Haryana High Court at Chandigarh being a "Competent Authority" under the Right to Information Act 2005
- Hon'ble Central Chief Information Commission; New Delhi
- All Hon'ble Chief Information Commissioners of all State Information Commissions in India;
- Hon'ble Secretary, Department of Personnel & Training GOI New Delhi; being the "Nodal Agency" controlling the Right to Information Act 2005
- All Chief Secretaries of all State being an "Appropriate Government" under the Right to Information Act 2005
Report dated 29 October 2014 of the Committee to evolve Model Format for
RTI Replies
Hon'ble Sirs,
The Department of Personnel & Training (IR Section), Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Government of India had constituted a committee comprising representatives of Department of Personnel & Training, Ministry of Home Affairs and Central Information Commission, to evolve model format for RTI replies, vide DoPT O.M. No. 10/1/2013-IR dated 16th October, 2014. This Committee, in a meeting held on 29 October 2014 examined in detail the provisions of the RTI Act as well as the existing practice generally followed by the CPIOs in replying to RTI applications.
The Report of the committee is attached herewith as Annexure-A.
The Original Report as circulated by Mr. Kulbhushan Malhotra, Under Secretary to the Govt of India, DoPT, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Department of Personnel & Training (IR Section), New Delhi, vide F.No.10/1/2013-IR on 11 th November 2014 (attached as Annexure-A) was not attached with the earlier mail owing to an inadvertence.
The same is attached herewith.
The inconvenience is regretted.
(The complete text of this communication and the enclosure thereto is attached with this mail for downloading and printing for further processing it)
RTIFED/Format for RTI Replies/2014/1102
Recommendations of the Committee to evolve Model Format for RTI Replies
12 November 2014
THROUGH E-MAIL
Chief Secretary to Government Punjab
Punjab Civil Secretariat, Chandigarh
Chief Secretary to Government Haryana
Haryana Civil Secretariat, Chandigarh
S.B. Deepak Kumar, IAS, Special Secretary Home,
UT Secretariat, Sector 9, Chandigarh
This Mail in original is also sent through e-mail to:
- Chief Justice, Hon'ble Punjab & Haryana High Court at Chandigarh being a "Competent Authority" under the Right to Information Act 2005
- Hon'ble Central Chief Information Commission; New Delhi
- All Hon'ble Chief Information Commissioners of all State Information Commissions in India;
- Hon'ble Secretary, Department of Personnel & Training GOI New Delhi; being the "Nodal Agency" controlling the Right to Information Act 2005
- All Chief Secretaries of all State being an "Appropriate Government" under the Right to Information Act 2005
Report dated 29 October 2014 of the Committee to evolve Model Format for
RTI Replies
Hon'ble Sirs,
The Department of Personnel & Training (IR Section), Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Government of India had constituted a committee comprising representatives of Department of Personnel & Training, Ministry of Home Affairs and Central Information Commission, to evolve model format for RTI replies, vide DoPT O.M. No. 10/1/2013-IR dated 16th October, 2014. This Committee, in a meeting held on 29 October 2014 examined in detail the provisions of the RTI Act as well as the existing practice generally followed by the CPIOs in replying to RTI applications.
The Report[1] of the committee is attached herewith as Annexure-A.
......Please continue reading this communication by downloading the attached files where the The complete text of this communication and the enclosure thereto is attached with this mail for downloading and printing for further processing it.....
The non-implementation of mandatory provisions of the RTI Act is also resulting in violation of fundamental rights of the citizens guaranteed under Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution of India.
These recommendation would have, otherwise, been implemented suo-motu by each Public Authority own his own to comply with the Right to Information Act 2005, but these were given a go-bye for obvious reasons.
The receipt of this communication may please be acknowledged. While replying, the number and date of this communication may please be invariably mentioned. If no acknowledgement is received, I intend to file RTI Application after a month. to know the:
(i) status of implementation of these recommendations; &
(ii) (ii) status of action taken on this communication and its latest status,
This communication is sent through electronic media and as such does not warrant any signature.
Thanking you & with Warm Regards,
Very cordially yours,
Surendera M. Bhanot
President RTIFED
Enclosure: as stated please.
A copy is also sent to all RTI Activists and RTI NGOs as well as Human NGOs for making similar plea to concerned authorities in their state/area of operation.
RTIFED (formerly known as RTI Activists' Federation and conceived and founded by the legendary Advocate H.C. Arora) is a body looking after the rights of the RTI Applicants and keeping an eye over the happenings of the RTI related matters in various states.
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