NL Correspondent
Jammu, Apr. 27:
Amidst debate of Jammu and Kashmir Bank approaching High Court against the order of
Jammu and Kashmir State Information Commission declaring the Bank as a Public Authority,
as defined under the JK RTI Act 2009 , the State Finance Department has directed the
Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Bank to provide RTI information to an Information Seeker.
The state Finance department vide letter no. FD/RTI/35/2012 dated 26/04/2012,
while responding on an RTI plea of RTI activist Raman Sharma, has
written (transferred plea under section 6(3) of JK RTI Act 2009) to the Chairman
of JK Bank to provide information to the applicant and also intimate the same to the
finance department. It is pertinent to mention here that earlier under decision
no. SIC/-J/K/Comp/35/2010/120 dated 24/04/2011 the State Information
Commission in its full bench verdict in cases titled Raman Sharma, Vilakshan Singh
and others Vs Jammu and Kashmir Bank declared the Bank as Public Authority as
defined under Section 2 of the state RTI Act and have ruled that the bank is liable to
comply with the provisions of the RTI act. The commission has further directed the
bank to designate Public Information Officers and Assistant Public Information
officers for RTI and provide information to the complainants.
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Sunday, April 29, 2012
Raman Sharma, the RTI activist is a journalist by profession, associated with credible newspapers and magazines published from J & K. His writings include articles on the subject like Transparency and Accountability particularly focusing on Right to Information Act in Jammu and Kashmir. He has also successfully completed a Certificate Course in RTI initiated by Centre for Good governance, Hyderabad In collaboration with the Department of Personal and Training. Ministry of Personal, Public Grievances and Pension, Government of India. On the invitation of Jammu University, he has also delivered guest lectures on RTI to educate college students of different colleges of Jammu region . Sharma along with his other colleagues have also been accompanied and served as resource person with the faculty members of JK Institute of Management and Public Administration and Rural Development (J K IMPA) for imparting and conducting RTI Training programs for District Officers and Public Information Officers in different districts of Jammu region. He can also be reached at JKRTIACT@GMAIL.COM Mobile: 9796811012, 9086232994.
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