APPLICATION FOR INFORMATION UNDER RTI ACT 2005
Date: 23.08.2010
From: Harsh Nikhade
Joint Secretary,
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Democratic Rights Forum,
Ambedkar Seva Sadan, Tilak Ward,
Post – WARORA, Distt. Chandrapur (Maharashtra)
Pin Code – 442 907
Email; drf.india@gmail.com
Ph.93 24 34 54 54 / 93222 46333
To: Public Information Officer
Social Justice and Special Assistance Department,
Mantralaya, Mumbai – 400 032.
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I, Harsh Nikhade, as a citizen of India, required some information under RTI Act 2005, which is being kept & controlled by your office. Please give the itemwise information as mentioned in following 4 items;
Item No. (1)
As per sub-section (2) of Section 4 of RTI Act 2005; it shall be a constant endeavour of every public authority to take steps in accordance with the requirements of clause (b) of sub-section (1) to provide as much information suo motu to the public at regular intervals through various means of communications, including internet, so that public have minimum resort to the use of this Act to obtain information.
The following information is required in this regard:
(i) Please give me print-outs of Internet wherein the information as per section 4 of RTI Act 2005 has been published.
(ii) Please also mention the website address at which the information has been published on Internet.
(iii) I also want to observe personally the same on the records /files on which the information has been consolidated and its source documents.
(iv) Please also provide me computerised copy of the same as it is the page of INTRA-NET in the form of Diskette (CD) so that the print-outs can be cross-checked since it is experienced that the print-outs provided by the Social Justice Secretariat are manipulated with fraud practice.
As a proof of this fraud, two print-outs of a same date i.e. 09.05.2009 which was a holiday of second Saturday, are enclosed along with a copy of letter dated 16.08.2010 as ANNEXURE-I at page-1 to 21 sent to Dy.Secretary, Social Justice Secretariat wherein details of manipulation have been submitted. Therefore, please give the original data without any manipulation.
Item No. (2)
As per sub-section (3) of section 4 of RTI Act 2005; for the purposes of sub-section (1), every information shall be disseminated widely and in such form and manner which is easily accessible to the public and as per sub-section (4); all material shall be disseminated taking into consideration the cost effectiveness, local language and the ost effective method of communication in that local area and the information should be easily acceble, to the extent possible in electronic format with the concerned Public Information Officer, available free or at such cost of the medium or the print cost price as may be prescribed. For the purposes of sub-sections (3) and (4), “dissemonated” means making known or communicated the information to the public through notice boards, newspapers, public announcements, media broadcasts, the internet or any other means, including inspection of offices of any public authority.
The following information is required in this regard:
(i) I want to observe as to where the information as per section 4 of RTI Act 2005 has been published on notice boards by the Social Justice Secretariat, therefore, I want to observe the notice board published for observation by public.
(ii) I want to know that how the information as per section 4 of RTI Act 2005 has been accessed to the public of vidarbha area and when the same is published through newspapers, therefore, I want to observe personally the related file records.
Item No. (3)
Please refer GR No. Samay-1006/Pr.Kr.33/2006/18 dt. 13 June, 2006. A copy of the same is enclosed as ANNEXURE-II at page-22 to 25. In continuation, as per GR No.Samay-1009/Pr.Kr.1/09/18 (Ra.Va.Ka.) dated 16 January, 2009; it has been instructed by the Government that all the public servants of Mantralaya secretariat including staff & secretaries will have to record their presence in Card Punching System regularly. A copy of the same is enclosed herewith as ANNEXURE-III at page-26 for ready reference.
The following information is required in this regard:
Please give me computerised copy on Diskette (CD) of data records of Attendance Management System (Card Punching Records) of all the public servants who are/were posted in Social Justice Secretariat AS OFFICERS (Not the staff) including Secretary, Joint Secretary, Deputy Secretaries, Under Secretaries and Desk/Section Officers, for the period of last 5 years from January 2006 up to now (till the date on which the records will be prepared on Diskette). Please also give me print-outs of the same.
Item No. (4)
As it is mandatory for every public servant whosoever posted as gazetted officers to submit annual statement of immovable property they own and the same is falls under clause (f) of section 2 of the RTI Act 2005. In this regard a copy of extract of daily newspapre NAVBHARAT of the dated 3 September, 2009 is enclosed as ANNEXURE-IV at page-27 for ready reference. It is also to note that neither such statements which are submitted to the Government’s record are not a third party information nor restricted under the provisions of section 8 of this Act.
The following information is required in this regard:
Please give me attested copies of the Annual Immovable Property Statement submitted by all the public servants who are/were posted in Social Justice Secretariat AS OFFICERS (Not the staff) including Secretary, Joint Secretary, Deputy Secretaries, Under Secretaries and Desk/Section Officers for last 5 years specific for the years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009.
This information is most important in the aspect of the integrity of the public servants toward service to the people of the nation as to whether their public servants on the responsible and powerful posts owned the property within the balance of their earning & expenses or more than their earning from the known sources in that case the people of this democratic nation can take necessary action against the defaulter public servants.
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The court fees stamp valued Rs.10/- affixed on this application toward fees for application for information under RTI Act 2005.
I am ready to pay all required charges as per provision.
I will personally collect the information for which I may be informed on my mobile phone number 9322246333 or by speed post, to avoid delay in communication, whenever the information will be ready at yours.
DA : ANNEXUREs I to IV (Pages-27).
Place: Warora (Maharashtra). (Harsh Nikhade)
Date: 23.08.2010 Signature of Applicant
