JDA Dumbs RTI Plea Seeking Info About Land Encroached by Mafias

 Jammu, 24/March/2022: Contrary to its claims of transparency and action against Land Mafias,  Jammu Development Authority, JDA  has failed to provide information about the total  land belonging to JDA is under occupation of Land Mafias and so far vacated and retrieved by it. 

Jammu resident Raman Sharma had filed an application dated 31/January/2022  under Right to Information Act with the JDA along with requisite fees as Indian Postal order  bearing number 57F 913108 , the information seeker in his plea had sought details about the total land owned by JDA,  land under occupation of Land Mafias and also the detail of land so far retrieved and vacated by JDA from Land Mafias during the past 6-7 years.

The  RTI application was sent by way of Speed Post under receipt having no. EE894488167IN dated 31/01/2022.

As per the postal department online tracking system, this RTI plea was delivered to Jammu Development Authority on 01/Feb/2022 and under section 7(1) of the Right to Information Act  2005, the Public Information Officer of the JDA was legally bound to provide this information or reject it within 30 days i.e.  on or before 02/March/2022 but as per the statement of the Information Seeker the JDA has not provided any information or intimation to the applicant about his RTI application so far and has preferred silence.

Citing section 7(2) of the RTI Act 2005, the applicant informed  that wherein the PIO fails to give decision on an RTI application within 30 days time limit, it is deemed refusal and this deemed rejection of information  by JDA is illegal and arbitrary and he would contest it before the appropriate authority.

The information seeker further  disclosed that the other queries in his RTI application include seeking the detail of total number of cases pending against the Jammu development authority in Subordinate Courts of district Jammu, before the Honourable High Court and Honourable Supreme Court of India.