RTI
brings hope for Inhabitants of RS
Pura
JAMMU, 02/DEC/2017: Exposing
the casual approach and lethargy of
official machinery and bringing a ray of hope for the inhabitants of Sub
division RS Pura, a border area in Jammu district, an RTI application has
revealed that only 136 Permanent Resident Certificates were issued to the
people of the area in a period of over 09 months.
In a shocking expose’ that
came through information received under
RTI Act,
it’s been revealed in the reply that people of RS Pura were denied of
their constitutional right of having Permanent Resident Certificate most
commonly called as ‘State Subject Certificate ’ for months together and their
applications were gathering dust before the RTI plea.
In an official communication
vide office letter no SDMR/RTI/2017-18/1308
dated 17/11/2018 signed by Sub Divisional Magistrate, RS Pura served to the RTI
activist Raman Sharma in response to his application under Right to Information
Act, it is being informed that a total 6514 PRC’s have been issued to the
applicants in last two years.
It is also informed in the
RTI reply that 2165 PRCs were issued in
last one year, out of which 2029 were issued only after the submission of RTI application and only 136 PRCs were issued
by the SDM office in 09 months before the RTI.
In the reply, the tall claims of the government about providing
transparent and accountable governance are also exposed because the SDM’s
letter also states that there is no single window mechanism available in the
Sub division and the files of the applicants are submitted directly to the
concerned Tehisldaars.
Blaming the shortage of
staff and overload of work, the official reply also exonerated the itself for
the delay in issuing the PRCs well within stipulated period of 30 days as
prescribed under the rules framed by the government in the light of Jammu and
Kashmir Public Service Gurantee Act 2011. Under the J & K PSGA 2011, there
is a provision of penalty against the designated officers for delay and
deficiency in any service besides compensation provision for the eligible
person who is deprived his right to public service.
Expressing happiness over
the success of his RTI application that has compelled the officers to expedite
the process of issuing over 2000 ‘State Subjects’ within such a short span of
less than two months, applicant Sharma urged people to file RTI applications to
seek their right and to expose corruption, nepotism and lethargy of the
official machinery.
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