MOST URGENT & IMMEDIATE – BY FAX
R E M I N D E R
Date: 25.05.2010
To: Shri S. H Jadhav
Dy.Secy. & Appellate Authority
Directorate of Information Technology,
General Administration Department,
Mantralaya, Mumbai – 400 032.
Sub: Appeal dt.06.05.2010 submitted under Section 19 (1)
of RTI Act 2005.
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It is hereby to remind you toward my appeal dated 06.05.2010 that as per constitutional provision in RTI Act 2005 the Appellate Authority should decide the appeal within a period of 30 days. However, it is a period of more than one month and fifteen days lapsed by no reply is received from your side.
You have also wasted a period of about one month by keeping the matter pending with you under pretext for holding a hearing on 06.05.2010. In this context please refer my letter dt. 06.05.2010 which was sent to you by FAX on 06.05.2010 and it was brought into your knowledge that the first appellate authority is not supposed to have any such hearing since the PIO is just subordinate to him in the same office and the first appellate authority can re-examine the action taken by his subordinate in the light of provisions laid down in RTI Act 2005.
Looking the attitude of yourself and of your subordinate desk officer it can be presumed that you are delaying the matter intentionally. The negative attitude of your subordinate desk office who has been assigned the duties as a Public Information Officer in this matter, is already detailed by me in the said appeal. The delay in decision by you bringing your action & attitude under suspect toward public service which is misconduct under State Service Conduct rules and Discipline & Appeal Rules besides the constitution provision for disciplinary action laid down in RTI Act 2005.
Please, therefore, send your reply in my appeal dated 06.05.2010 immediately at you have already crossed the limit of stipulated period given to you failing which the necessary action will be initiated against you.
(Ram Samudre)
Copy for information to:
Shri J.P. Dange, Chief Secretary of State of Maharashtra,
Mantralaya, Mumbai-400032.
