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| Shiekh Abduallh, Former Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir |
Govt. says no information available who is ‘ Sher-e-Kashmir ’
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Jammu, 04/Dec/2015: In reply to an RTI application, the General Administration Department of the state government has said that it has no record available to say who is ‘Sher-e-Kashmir’ in the State of J&K.
RTI activist Deepak Sharma had filed an RTI with the PIO of Governor’s Secretariat , seekinginformation regarding title ‘ Sher –e-Kashmir ’ if conferred upon by government to any person in the State of Jammu and Kashmir .
The query in the RTI include to provide the name of the person given/conferred with the title of ‘Sher-e-Kashmir’ in the State of J&k .
The PIO, Raj Bhawan , transferred the RTI application to the PIO General Administration Department, who vide his reply no. GAD/RTI(Adm.)/1553/2015 informed the RTI applicant that there is no information available on the records of the General Administration Department to the query asked by the applicant. .
Expressing surprise over the reply of the PIO, Deepak said that on one side there are several institutes and establishments in the state with name ‘Sher-e-Kashmir’ and on the other side Government has no record regarding who ‘Sher-e-Kashmir ‘ is ?
“More surprising is that even in some Government establishments, the name of Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah is attached with the title of ‘Sher-e-Kashmir’ “ he added. There are universities, bridges, conference halls, police training institutes and several other public buildings and schemes having this nomenclature.
It is pertinent to mention here that article 19 of constitution of Indian(also applicable to J & K State) debars state and union government to confer any tile to persons other than academic and military distinction.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/rti-reveals-j-k-government-has-no-record-of-who-s-sher-e-kashmir/story-Ejb4a1tvIXzU27Bdr6Xc0O.html
http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/rti-reveals-j-k-government-has-no-record-of-who-s-sher-e-kashmir/story-Ejb4a1tvIXzU27Bdr6Xc0O.html
http://www.risingkashmir.com/news/govt-doesnt-know-who-is-sherekashmir-/
http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/jammu-kashmir/coalition-govt-has-no-information-on-sher-e-kashmir/166734.html
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| Copy of RTI Reply Served by JKGAD |
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| Copy of RTI Application submitted by Deepak on 05/Dec/2015: published in Rising Kashmir, Kashmir Life, State Times, EarlyTimes, Kashmir Reader, the Tribune and many other leading newspapers of Jammu and Srinagar. |
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