Sunday, December 15, 2019

MHA Denies Information about RTI Act Implementation in UT of Ladakh


MHA Dodges Query about Status of RTI Act in Ladakh


            Jammu, 15/DEC/2019: Instead of providing simple information about implementation of Right to Information Act in Union Territory of Ladakh , Officer in the Union Home Ministry prefers to dodge an RTI query on the subject.

            Beena Yadav, CPIO, Central Public Information Officer and Director(Ladakh) of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh Department under  Union Home Ministry while rejecting plea of RTI Activist Raman Sharma on the subject writes(in her rejection order)  “As far as, the undersigned CPIO is concerned, the information may be treated as nil. It is to inform that under RTI Act, 2005, the CPIO is obligated to provide only such information which is available and held by the public authority or is under the control of the public authority. However, the information sought by you might be available with UT of Ladakh” , the CPIO further advised the applicant to approach UT of Ladakh for getting the requisite information in her letter dated 06/Dec/2019.


            Earlier Sharma in his online RTI application dated 03/Dec/2019 to Union Home Ministry had asked for providing certified copies of RTI Rules as framed by government of Union Territory Ladakh as mandated under section 27 read with section 2.a of Right to Information Act 2005 and  a copy of list showing names and designation of all Public Information Officers of Ladakh UT as designated under section 5 of RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT 2005. 



             It is pertinent to mention here that under section 95 and 96 of Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act 2019, from appointed day i.e. 31/Oct/2019, the Jammu and Kashmir Right to Information Act 2019 has been repealed as falling under table 3 of fifth schedule of the JK Reorganization Act  2019 and RTI Act 2005(central act) has been applicable to the Union territories of Jammu-Kashmir and Ladakh.


            “ Section 27 and 2 of  RTI Act 2005 puts an obligation on every state and union territory government have to make rules for proper implementation of Right to Information Act and it was reason for seeking such information from the union home ministry” said applicant Sharma while reacting over RTI rejection  order of the MHA. He also informed that under section 6(3) of the RTI Act 2005, it was the responsibility of the concerned PIO to transfer the RTI application to UT of Ladakh if the officer was not having such information with her. He also intimated to file a review appeal again the order of the CPIO before the 1st Appellate Authority.  


           

previous story of the blog :  https://jkrtiact.blogspot.com/2019/12/bsnl-refuses-to-share-information-on.html

Related Story: 

Two Months on , J & K High Court Yet to Frame New RTI Rules


No comments:

Post a Comment