Right of information act
Querist :
Anonymous
(Querist) 17 August 2011
This query is : Resolved
Hello can i get known whether all privete Engineering callege came under RTI or Not.
Because i want to know information about my freeship offered by my college till not received even after 10 years.
Sailesh Kumar Shah
(Expert) 17 August 2011
Yes,In a landmark order, information commissioner for Nagpur and Amravati Vilas Patil has made it compulsory for all private engineering and medical colleges to reveal information under RTI to every applicant. These colleges had earlier refused to provide information on the pretext that they were beyond the purview of the Act.
The order was delivered in response to an appeal filed by Rajkumar Bhoyar against first appellate officer, principal of Yashwantrao Chavan College of engineering (YCCE), Wanadongri and YCCE public information officer.
Earlier, private engineering and medical institutions refused to divulge information under RTI to applicants as they "were not governed by the government nor they received any government grant and hence the RTI was not applicable to them, Patil told TOI and said he took help of two Supreme Court judgments for passing the order.
"As per verdict of apex court, all private engineering and medical institutions were governed by the University Grants Commission (UGC), All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and the Medical Council of India (MCI)," Patil said.
prabhakar singh
(Expert) 17 August 2011
Expert : Shailesh Kr. Shah has a right opinion for you.
Querist :
Anonymous
(Querist) 17 August 2011
respected both of you thanks I have problem i alredy made an application to college for all records of freeship but college denide my requst saying that they are private college & not able to give information.
What will i do?
please guide me.
M/s. Y-not legal services
(Expert) 17 August 2011
ask information from concern university.. which is controlling the subject college..
Advocate. Arunagiri
(Expert) 17 August 2011
Mr.Tom is right.
You can not ask the private engineering college. They are not covered under RTI act.
That college has to furnish all the mandatory information to its parent university.
Now, You can apply from that university and get the information of the college.
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