Noida: In order to serve the purpose of providing information under
RTI Act 2005, there is a provision to appoint public information officers in the offices of public authorities as per the Rule-5 of Chapter-2. Hence, under the Rules-5 and 19, according to the letter 3704/ prash-1, dated 27-12-2005, the UP
Housing Avam Development Board appointed assistant
housing commissioner/ assistant registrar as a
PIO (public information officer) and joint
housing commissioner/ joint registrar as first appellate authority in order to provide information to the general public about the co-operative
housing societies in the respective areas of the officers. After the implementation of the
RTI Act, officers at the headquarters noticed that information sought by the complainants were about land allotment, possession of the land, registry of the land, illegal activities of the secretary and chairman, and proposals related with the societies. On the contrary, higher authorities as well as applicants were facing high amount of inconvenience in providing and receiving the desired information.
Thus, access to the information needed to be easy for the applicants and to end the mounting hassles, Dr. MAA Khan,
Housing Commissioner, issued a letter (Number 3273) following the article 2 (J) (III) along with 2(A) of
RTI Act 2005, dated November 16, 2006 in which it was noticeably stated that
the secretary of the co-operative housing societies is liable to work as a PIO to general public for absolute transparency in the system.
I have copied the above from your post , karira. The synopsis is in bold letters. This all information can be sought from the secretary as per the circular. If any objection is raised this copy can be shown to the secretary of the co-op society.
Let us wait for feedback on this one.
shan