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 is a dedicated Jammu based RTI activist and journalist . With a focus on transparency and accountability, with his writing he has contributed for various credible newspapers and magazines in the region. He is amongst the first few batches who completed Certificate Course in RTI from the Centre for Good Governance in Hyderabad, in collaboration with the Government of India.
Sharma is actively involved in education and advocacy, having delivered guest lectures on RTI , Good Governance at different universities and educational institutions to empower students. Additionally, in collaboration with the JK Institute of Management and Public Administration (JK IMPA), he has also remained resource person in training programs for District Officers, Public Information Officers, Ministerial staff of different departments, promoting awareness and effective implementation of RTI/PSGA . In association with the CHRI he also remained instrumental in training for civil society members on the Transparency Law.
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