First CIC of India ensured that nails are in place to place the coffin of RTI Act 2005 within 5 years of its inception. Ma sonia khus huye. and he will be gainfully employed by the ruling congress in J&K soon.
The CIC therafter are the chosen bureaucrats who are either caught red handed for enormous loot or scoot or ornarily born with a weak heart. They are all following the footsteps of their erstwhile First CIC. RTI act is slowly being being lowered down to its ultimate destination the grave.
PIOs has emboldened by the sheer number of pending cases with SIC and IC/CICs. They just do not care to reply either. Or they mis inform or take umbrage of Sec 8 of the RTI Act. In one case I am informed by PIO canteen stores department( a solely owned enterprise of Govt of India under ministry of defence ( the new CVC was its chief secretary ) that under the provision of Sec 8(1)(j) of RTI Act the info on registration numbers of the URCs ( unit run canteens exclusive retail outlets of Canteen Stores Deptt( But consideree private by the ministry of defence) can not be intimated as it will compromise sovereignity of the ciountry blah blahg blah.
When first appelate ayth , AGM of CSD Adelphi , mumbai was contacted it wrote that URCs are not under the purview of RTI Act 2005 as had been ruled by JUGDE ADVOCATES BRANCH OF Army. Kar Lo Baat???@@@
I have many such communications where PIOs have invoked the hand of GOd, the exeptions Iin RTI Act in the most outlandish manner and have no fear to be punished. Meanwhile RTI applications have become a costly affair as post master general; have suddenly withdrawn the under postal cert service recently.
Mr Kejriwals are busy with LOKPAL which will be of no help to common man. It may benefit main opposition party at the best. I hope Mr Kejriwal see through the game plan of the govt at the centre as well as the main opposition party and get out of the rut called jokpal.
i WISH aRVIND kEJRIWAL IS BACK WITH MORE ENTHUSIAM AND GET THE rti BACK TO ITS GLORY.