How To Harass An Information Seeker ?

[colnrkurup]

My favourite Kerala State Information Commission has now got another spurt of confidence to increase harasement of information seekers. When Activists started expossing the Commission's ignorances, the Commission appears started reading the existing Rules and Regulations on RTI Act. To start with he has now read the Kerala State Information Commission (Procedure for Appeal) Rules 2006. Rules 3 of the ibid Rules lay down that " Every appeal to this Commission shall be submitted either in the Form appended to these Rules or in any other format containing the particulars in the above said form " Without realising that this does not empower him to reject second appeals not submitted in the ibid form but can continue to submit it in other format so long as it contain all the information called for in the ibid Form has started rejecting the Second Appeal purely on the ground that the second appeal is not submitted in the form prescribed. The Activists so far could only make the Commission read the Act and Rules but could not make him understand its contents.

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[karira]

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" Every appeal to this Commission shall be submitted either in the Form appended to these Rules or in any other format containing the particulars in the above said form "

I am sure that there is a copy of these rules in Malayalam.
Probably that will be more clearer and understood by the SIC.

[abhijeet]

PIO of dept. of co operation, WB Govt has taken a very good stand of not providing any information whatsoever wrt some half a dozen RTI applications submitted to him during May to November, 07. And it is well known fact that SIC is too much soft towards this person, who is dedicated to help one corrupt officer, who also served some corrupt persons in some Co operative societies. The reason of this type of behaviour is best known to them only. Even after 2nd appeals to sic and subsequent reminders sent, not a single response received from this GREAT PIO of (non) cooperation Department. So they have crossed all the limits of creating harassment to the RTI applicants. Are they receiving some special 'increment' or anything else for their this 'commendable' job?

[wagh7]

dear friends,

In our country many of the information providing authorities are just thinking and seeing all possible ways to not to provide the official information either by way of excemptions, or by way of syaing vague information asked, or by using their influence in the society and they find some ways to harrass applicants.

r a katkam.

[wagh7]

dear friends,

I came to know that some of the information providing authority are even distroying the information which they feel may become a problem which unfold corrupt practices. I experiencing one problem that the informating providing authority sent some goonda type staff to my residence and i got life threat.

created many problem to one of my family member.

under the circumstances, i feel putting fine on applicant for any reason will make the act only on paper.

ra katkam.