Sample RTI Application under Right to Information Act 2005
RTI FEES SAMPLE
Friday, November 25, 2022
Sample RTI Application Uder RTI Act 2005
Raman Sharma is a dedicated Jammu based RTI activist and journalist . With a focus on transparency and accountability, with his writing he has contributed for various credible newspapers and magazines in the region. He is amongst the first few batches who completed Certificate Course in RTI from the Centre for Good Governance in Hyderabad, in collaboration with the Government of India.
Sharma is actively involved in education and advocacy, having delivered guest lectures on RTI , Good Governance at different universities and educational institutions to empower students. Additionally, in collaboration with the JK Institute of Management and Public Administration (JK IMPA), he has also remained resource person in training programs for District Officers, Public Information Officers, Ministerial staff of different departments, promoting awareness and effective implementation of RTI/PSGA . In association with the CHRI he also remained instrumental in training for civil society members on the Transparency Law.
Thursday, June 2, 2022
CIC takes serious note of 'Lackadaisical Approach' of JU towards RTI Act
CIC Cautions Jammu University in its dealing with RTI Applications
CIC takes serious note of Lackadaisical
Approach of JU towards RTI Act
Jammu, 02/June/2022: Taking serious note of lackadaisical approach
of Jammu University in processing and disposing of applications under Right to Information Act
received from citizens, the Central Information Commission (CIC) has asked the
Jammu University to be cautious in future.
While deciding second appeal
of RTI activist Raman Sharma against the Jammu University wherein the appellant
has alleged that Jammu University had not provide him any information despite lapse
of stipulated period of time.
In his appeal, before the
commission Sharma had stated that he had submitted his RTI application dated
11-02-2020 under a proper receipt from the postal department but as
he was not supplied any information or intimation by the Public Information
Officer of the Jammu University within
30 days, therefore on 23/06/2020 he then filed a 1st Appeal before the first Appellate Authority
(within Jammu University) but there also he did not get any appropriate
response therefore he preferred his second appeal before the Central
Information Commission on 10/08/2020.
During proceedings before
the Central Information Commission on 31/05/2022 via video conference, the
Jammu University (respondent) was
represented by Dr Imran Farooq, who is designated Public Information Officer-II.
During the proceedings Dr
Imran informed the commission that there are two Public Information Officers in
the Jammu University and the said RTI application of the appellant Raman Sharma
has not been received by either of them. Dr Imran also submitted before the commission
that the appellant did not submit any fresh RTI application as was asked by the
First Appellate Authority.
The Chief Information Commissioner YK Sinha disagreeing with the
arguments of the Public Information Officer of the Jammu University admitted
the appeal and stated that contention of the Respondent (PIO) that the RTI
application was not received by them is ‘unfathomable’ as the dispatch
receipt of the RTI application was annexed with the Second
Appeal.
Thus the Chief Information Commissioner directed the
PIO_II of the university to ensure that a point wise response in accordance
with provisions of the RTI Act is provided to the appellant by 30/06/202 under
an intimation to the Commission as well.
In his three pages order the
CIC also asked the PIO to remain cautious while dealing with RTI Applications
and second appeals in future, since excuses such as non receipt of RTI
application is not acceptable when the appellant has annexed copy of receipt.
The commission in its
written order also noted that if such a lackadaisical
approach is encouraged then the purpose of the RTI Act 2005 will be defeated.
Raman Sharma is a dedicated Jammu based RTI activist and journalist . With a focus on transparency and accountability, with his writing he has contributed for various credible newspapers and magazines in the region. He is amongst the first few batches who completed Certificate Course in RTI from the Centre for Good Governance in Hyderabad, in collaboration with the Government of India.
Sharma is actively involved in education and advocacy, having delivered guest lectures on RTI , Good Governance at different universities and educational institutions to empower students. Additionally, in collaboration with the JK Institute of Management and Public Administration (JK IMPA), he has also remained resource person in training programs for District Officers, Public Information Officers, Ministerial staff of different departments, promoting awareness and effective implementation of RTI/PSGA . In association with the CHRI he also remained instrumental in training for civil society members on the Transparency Law.
Friday, April 15, 2022
Jammu Development Authority is entangled in Over 500 Court Cases, reveals RTI
RTI Reveals JDA is entangled in 542 Court Cases
Jammu Development Authority,
the government body responsible to ensure proper development of Jammu district
and building law enforcing agency is presently facing 542 court cases including
cases in High Court and Supreme Court of
India.
The information has been
provided by Ajay Raina (KAS) Public Information Officer of the JDA under the
Right to Information Act.
In reply to RTI application
of Jammu resident Raman Sharma regarding the pending cases in different courts
wherein JDA has been arrayed as appellant or respondent , the JDA vide its
letter no JDA/AO/RTI/265/15 dated 04/Apr/2022 has stated that there are 542 court cases wherein JDA has
been arrayed as party in the cases.
In its reply, Ajay Raina,
Accounts Officer and Public Information
Officer of Jammu Development Authority has informed that there are 136 Cases
Pending in Subordinate Courts, 404 in Honourable Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh
High Court and 02 cases pending in Supreme Court wherein Jammu Development
Authority has been arrayed as party in these court cases.
RTI application seeking this
information related to court cases was filed in the first week of February 2022
with the JDA and as per law, the information should have been provided to the applicant within
30 days that is in the month of March
2022, but in the present case the Public Information Officer has provided
information to the applicant after a
long delay which is clear violation of the Right to Information Act 2005.
Raman Sharma is a dedicated Jammu based RTI activist and journalist . With a focus on transparency and accountability, with his writing he has contributed for various credible newspapers and magazines in the region. He is amongst the first few batches who completed Certificate Course in RTI from the Centre for Good Governance in Hyderabad, in collaboration with the Government of India.
Sharma is actively involved in education and advocacy, having delivered guest lectures on RTI , Good Governance at different universities and educational institutions to empower students. Additionally, in collaboration with the JK Institute of Management and Public Administration (JK IMPA), he has also remained resource person in training programs for District Officers, Public Information Officers, Ministerial staff of different departments, promoting awareness and effective implementation of RTI/PSGA . In association with the CHRI he also remained instrumental in training for civil society members on the Transparency Law.
Thursday, March 24, 2022
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.
Raman Sharma is a dedicated Jammu based RTI activist and journalist . With a focus on transparency and accountability, with his writing he has contributed for various credible newspapers and magazines in the region. He is amongst the first few batches who completed Certificate Course in RTI from the Centre for Good Governance in Hyderabad, in collaboration with the Government of India.
Sharma is actively involved in education and advocacy, having delivered guest lectures on RTI , Good Governance at different universities and educational institutions to empower students. Additionally, in collaboration with the JK Institute of Management and Public Administration (JK IMPA), he has also remained resource person in training programs for District Officers, Public Information Officers, Ministerial staff of different departments, promoting awareness and effective implementation of RTI/PSGA . In association with the CHRI he also remained instrumental in training for civil society members on the Transparency Law.
Thursday, March 17, 2022
Government Shelves Jammu_Poonch Railway Line Project, Railway Board terms It ‘Financially Unviable’
RTI Reveals
Government Shelves Jammu_Poonch Railway Line Project, Railway
Board terms It ‘Financially Unviable’
Jammu, 17/March/2022: Government
of India has shelved the prestigious Jammu Poonch Railway Line project for
which the final survey report was submitted in year 2018 with an estimated cost
of rupees 22,771 crore for laying Broad Gauge (BG) rail line connecting Jammu with
border district Poonch via Rajouri.
The information in this
regard has been shared by Ministry of Railways Government of India in response
to two different Right to Information applications by a Jammu based information
seeker Raman Sharma.
In response to the RTI pleas of the
applicant, Railway Board vide its Letters
dated 07-March-2022 and 15 March 2022, signed
by Pankaj Kumar, Director Projects and Central Public Information of Railway Board
has stated that the Survey for new railway line between Jammu to Poonch having
length of 223 K.M was completed in 2017-18 but the project could not be taken
forward being ‘ financially unviable’. The signed reply by the CPIO further states that the survey has been
shelved with the approval of the Railway board.
While responding to another
query of the applicant regarding any
other proposal as on date pending with
the ministry of Railways for providing and Laying Rail Line between Jammu to
Poonch, the Railway Board officer replied in negative and stated that presently
there is no proposal under consideration for this line.
It is pertinent to mention
here that Connecting border districts of Rajouri and Poonch with Jammu has been
a decades old pending demand of social and political organization of these
border districts.
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
Raman Sharma is a dedicated Jammu based RTI activist and journalist . With a focus on transparency and accountability, with his writing he has contributed for various credible newspapers and magazines in the region. He is amongst the first few batches who completed Certificate Course in RTI from the Centre for Good Governance in Hyderabad, in collaboration with the Government of India.
Sharma is actively involved in education and advocacy, having delivered guest lectures on RTI , Good Governance at different universities and educational institutions to empower students. Additionally, in collaboration with the JK Institute of Management and Public Administration (JK IMPA), he has also remained resource person in training programs for District Officers, Public Information Officers, Ministerial staff of different departments, promoting awareness and effective implementation of RTI/PSGA . In association with the CHRI he also remained instrumental in training for civil society members on the Transparency Law.
Friday, December 31, 2021
No Proposal from J & K Pending for Including any Community in ST Status: MoTA in RTI Reply
No Draft from J & K Pending for Including any
Community in ST Status: MoTA in RTI
Reply
Jammu, 31/Dec/2021: The Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs has
stated that as on date no proposal is pending in the Ministry from the Union
Territory of Jammu and Kashmir for including any Community in Schedule Tribe
Status.
The written information from the ministry has come in
response to an RTI Application filed by a Jammu based RTI activist.
Earlier an application
under Right to Information Act was submitted by RTI activist Raman Sharma with
the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, government of India through online application dated
25th Dec 2021 seeking information regarding total number of
applications of different communities belonging to Jammu and Kashmir pending
with government of India for their
inclusion in Schedule Tribe Status.
The ministry of Tribal Affairs vide online RTI registration no MOTLA/R/E/21/00671 dated 28/12/2021 provided the information to the information seeker Sharma and stated that “As on date No proposal is pending in the Ministry from the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir ”
Raman Sharma is a dedicated Jammu based RTI activist and journalist . With a focus on transparency and accountability, with his writing he has contributed for various credible newspapers and magazines in the region. He is amongst the first few batches who completed Certificate Course in RTI from the Centre for Good Governance in Hyderabad, in collaboration with the Government of India.
Sharma is actively involved in education and advocacy, having delivered guest lectures on RTI , Good Governance at different universities and educational institutions to empower students. Additionally, in collaboration with the JK Institute of Management and Public Administration (JK IMPA), he has also remained resource person in training programs for District Officers, Public Information Officers, Ministerial staff of different departments, promoting awareness and effective implementation of RTI/PSGA . In association with the CHRI he also remained instrumental in training for civil society members on the Transparency Law.
Thursday, July 15, 2021
JKIMPA Organizes RTI Training Session
Jammu, 15/July/2021: Jammu and Kashmir Institute of Management, Public Administration and Rural development(JKIMPA & RD) campus in Jammu today organized an interactive session on Right to Information Act for Senior Assistants . Over eighty officials of the J & K UT government from different departments belonging to Jammu division attended the program.
The
RTI training program is one of the various initiatives taken up by the IMPA as
per the instructions of Saurabh Bhagat, Director General, JKIMPA to provide
training to the officers & officials of the J & K government for their overall capacity building and to familiarize them with
different laws to bring more synergy and professionalism in the governance
system.
The
training session on RTI Act is held under the supervision and guidance of Prof. Reva Sharma, Director
Training(Jammu). During the event, Manju Kapoor, Course Coordinator welcomed
the participants and also threw light on preamble and basic principle of the Right to Information
Act that is to bring transparency and accountability in the governance system, she
also asked the participating officials to utilize the expertise of the visiting
faculty and go through the course material provided to them which is again
prepared by the subject experts. Raman Shama, RTI Practitioner also held
interactive session with the trainee officials and explained different sections and
provisions of the Transparency law. During the session, Course Coordinator and
guest faulty also replied various queries of the trainees related to the RTI
Law.
Raman Sharma is a dedicated Jammu based RTI activist and journalist . With a focus on transparency and accountability, with his writing he has contributed for various credible newspapers and magazines in the region. He is amongst the first few batches who completed Certificate Course in RTI from the Centre for Good Governance in Hyderabad, in collaboration with the Government of India.
Sharma is actively involved in education and advocacy, having delivered guest lectures on RTI , Good Governance at different universities and educational institutions to empower students. Additionally, in collaboration with the JK Institute of Management and Public Administration (JK IMPA), he has also remained resource person in training programs for District Officers, Public Information Officers, Ministerial staff of different departments, promoting awareness and effective implementation of RTI/PSGA . In association with the CHRI he also remained instrumental in training for civil society members on the Transparency Law.
Tuesday, July 13, 2021
J & K Bank Rejects RTI Plea
J & K Bank Refuses To Share Information about total Employees
Appointed during Last 5 years
Jammu, 13/July/2021: Jammu
and Kashmir Bank in response to an RTI application has refused to share information
regarding total strength of its employees
as on date, the bank has also denied
information about the total number of employees appointed by it bank during the last 5 years.
Citing exemption under Right
to Information Act, The Public Information office of the J & K Bank
rejected the RTI pleas vide letter no. 1097 dated 06/July/2021 and stated “desired information cannot be provided
as the same is exempted under section 8(1) (J) of the RTI Act 2005 ” .
The rejection order of the
bank has come after one page RTI application by RTI activist Raman Sharma dated
19/June/2021, wherein the applicant had sought 8 points information including total number of
permanent and contractual employees working in the bank as on date, total number of
appointments both permanent and on contractual basis made by the bank during the last 5 years i.e. from 01/Jan/2016
to till date.
The other query of applicant
Raman was about total number of permanent and contractual appointments of
employees made by the bank with and without issuing advertisements and public
notices.
Expressing displeasure over rejection of his RTI application, the applicant informed that he would adopt due legal procedure of appeal as available under RTI Act 2005 against the rejection order of the Public Information officer of the J & K Bank Limited. He also said all the sought information was quite genuine and in larger public interest and added that instead of rejecting this kind of information the bank was under obligation to proactively disclose maximum part of this information under section 4 of the RTI Act.
COPY OF RTI
COPY OF RTI REJECTION LETTER BY JK BANK
COPY OF RTI REJECTION LETTER BY JK BANK
Raman Sharma is a dedicated Jammu based RTI activist and journalist . With a focus on transparency and accountability, with his writing he has contributed for various credible newspapers and magazines in the region. He is amongst the first few batches who completed Certificate Course in RTI from the Centre for Good Governance in Hyderabad, in collaboration with the Government of India.
Sharma is actively involved in education and advocacy, having delivered guest lectures on RTI , Good Governance at different universities and educational institutions to empower students. Additionally, in collaboration with the JK Institute of Management and Public Administration (JK IMPA), he has also remained resource person in training programs for District Officers, Public Information Officers, Ministerial staff of different departments, promoting awareness and effective implementation of RTI/PSGA . In association with the CHRI he also remained instrumental in training for civil society members on the Transparency Law.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)