I fully agree with your reasoning.Anyone with even ordinary prudence will think exactly the way you had interpretted. I said that it was my way of interpretting it. I did not and do not wish to claim that I am right. Non-accountability and non-stipulation of time frame at second appeal stage is a fait accomplii manipulated by the bureaucracy at some stage of enactment.
Most of the Activists know about my view on non-sustainability of the
CIC's (Management) Regulations 2007. My observations on the Regulation is available even in my blog of this forum. I had pointed out long ago that, as per the
RTI Act the Registrar has absolutely no powers whereas the
CIC has delegated him the powers to reject an appeal . With so much service in the IAS Cadre the
CIC would have realised the basic provisions of " Delegation of powers " that a
delegatee cannot delegate. If I am aware of it there is no reason for the IAS Officers remaining ignorant of it. The
CIC himself being a delegatee he cannot delegate his powers to his Registrar. I have been fighting againt this unlawful orders with Prof.KK Nigam, the Legal Advisor of
CIC and
CIC from the first day of proclamation of this hara-kiri. I would prefer not to quote this Regulation for anything because it is unlawful and non-sustainable.Unfortunately no one seems aproached judiciary against the Regulation.