Saturday, June 8, 2013

JK Activists Hail CIC’s Judgment

Political Parties under RTI: JK Activists Hail CIC’s Judgment

June 8, 2013
Srinagar:  The activists in Jammu and Kashmir state working for the promotion of Right to Information Act have hailed the recent judgment of the Central Information Commission where it had been ordered that the Political parties like BJP, Congress, BSP, NCP, CPI and CPI-M fall under the ambit of the act and where the heads of these political parties have been asked to designate public information officers and the appellate authorities as per the provisions of the Right to information Act2005.
In a statement issued to press, the activists have also congratulated the members of the  Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) an NGO who took the issue of bringing political parties under RTI act to the Central Information Commission.    Demanding similar order from the J & K State Information Commission , the  activists have urged the  State Commission to direct all the political parties to designate PIO’s and follow all the provisions of the J & K RTI law. They have also asked the  Jammu and Kashmir government to reinstate Jammu and Kashmir Right to Information Rules 2010 which were unfortunately repealed vide SRO no 279 issued by the GAD on 30th Aug/2012. The joint statement has been endorsed by activist Balvinder Singh, Convener, Sangarsh RTI Movement, Dr. Shiekh Ghulam  Rasool, Chairman, JK RTI Movement, RTI Activist Raman Sharma, Deepak Sharma, Advocate Dewaker Sharma, Dr. Shiekh Ghulam  Rasool, Convener JK RTI Movement, Advocate Ashraf Wani Farooq Kuthu, Bilal Bhat, Tanvir Hussain Khan,  Rahil, Munish Sharma and others. 


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Jammu, June 7
Activists working for the promotion of the Right to Information (RTI) Act in the state have welcomed the recent judgment of the Central Information Commission (CIC) to bring political parties under the ambit of the Act.
The activists have also congratulated the members of the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) - the NGO which had taken up the issue with the Central Information Commission.
The activists have demanded similar order from the State Information Commission in Jammu and Kashmir. They have urged the state commission to direct political parties to designate Public Information Officers (PIOs) and follow all the provisions of the J&K RTI law.
They have also asked the state government to reinstate the Jammu and Kashmir Right to Information Rules 2010 which were repealed by the General Administration Department (GAD) on August 30 last year.
The Central Information Commission had recently asked all the mainstream political parties to designate Public Information Officers and the appellate authorities as per the provisions of the Right to Information Act 2005.
The statement was endorsed by Balvinder Singh, convener, Sangarsh RTI Movement; Dr Shiekh Ghulam Rasool, chairman, JK RTI Movement and activists Raman Sharma, Deepak Sharma, Advocate Dewaker Sharma, Advocate Ashraf Wani Farooq Kuthu, Bilal Bhat, Tanvir Hussain Khan, Rahil and Munish Sharma. 
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Reinstate J-K RTI Rules 2010: JK activists

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JAMMU: The activists in Jammu and Kashmir working for the promotion of Right to Information Act (RTI) have hailed the recent judgment of the Central Information Commission (CIC) where it had been ordered that the political parties like BJP, Congress, BSP, NCP, CPI and CPI-M fall under the ambit of the act and where the heads of these political parties have been asked to designate public information officers and the appellate authorities as per the provisions of the Right to information Act2005.
The activists have also congratulated the members of the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) an NGO who took the issue of bringing political parties under RTI Act to the CIC.
Demanding similar order from the J and K State Information Commission, the activists urged the State Commission to direct all the political parties to designate PIO’s and follow all the provisions of the J and K RTI law.
They also asked the State Government to reinstate Jammu and Kashmir RTI Rules 2010 which were unfortunately repealed vide SRO no 279 issued by the GAD on 30th Aug/2012.
The joint statement has been endorsed by activist Convener, Sangarsh RTI Movement, Balvinder Singh; Chairman, JK RTI Movement, Dr. Shiekh Ghulam  Rasool; RTI Activists Raman Sharma, Deepak Sharma, Advocate Dewaker Sharma, Dr. Shiekh Ghulam  Rasool, Advocate Ashraf Wani Farooq Kuthu, Bilal Bhat, Tanvir Hussain Khan,  Rahil and Munish Sharma.

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