Thread: Don’t accept RTI petitions, SIC tells Palakkad RDO
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Old 11-11-2007, 11:38 AM
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Re: Don’t accept RTI petitions, SIC tells Palakkad RDO
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Originally Posted by sidmis View Post
The repeated filing of applications under the Right To Information (RTI) Act on various issues by a retired Army official from Palakkad have irritated the State Information Commission (SIC) to the extent of it issuing an order to the Palakkad Revenue Divisional Officer (RDO) not to accept RTI petitions from anyone from the district and ordered to send them directly to the public authority concerned or the commission.
If the SIC has issued such an order, then it is going to be a serious matter with far-reaching consequences. Apart from the fact that the law does not provide for issuance of such an order, it also interferes with the implementation of the RTI Act itself.
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