Email was sent to CIC. Message appended below for information. Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 8:30 AM
Subject: Right to information and obligations of public authorities including SCIC
Dear Mr. Habibullah, CIC has a well designed website that makes available all the information required by Citizens of India. However, it is my observation that many of the SCICs are not making available their information on the websites. Further some of them don't have their own website adn email ids. Some of them do not even reply to simple queries. A few like the Gujarat State SIC has a well designed site and put up their decision on the same day. Even some of the North Eastern SICs like Nagaland shows signs of improvement lately. According to Section 4. (1) of RTI Act 2005 Every Public Authority shall— a) maintain all its records duly catalogued and indexed in a manner and the form which facilitates the Right to Information under this Act and ensure that all records that are appropriate to be computerized are, within a reasonable time and subject to availability of resources, computerized and connected through a network all over the country on different systems so that access to such records is facilitated;
I am of the view that SCIC should make proactive disclosure. I would like to know from your Office the authority one should approach to ensure that SCIC make proactive disclosure. Thanks and regards, Dr. Kamlesh N Agarwala