nk agarwal

I found people are becoming disillusioned due to the (1) long pendency of appeals in CIC, (2) sometimes harsh tone and manners of the ICs during the hearing (3) non-addressal of the grievance against the CPIOs/FAs (4) miss-placing of documents/Files in the office of CIC and (5) Inadequate infrastructure with CIC inclusive of manpower.

I keep on thinking how CIC can be made pro-active without getting an answer in my mind; The common people believe, as I do, that CIC and the SICs ...

I wonder as an applicant, why info does not flow in time to applicants after filing of the RTI application?
Appeals 1st and 2nd should be for any dispute on the correctness etc.of the info. Why appeals have to be filed for not receiving info at all?

I have been going through the various decisions by CIC as well as various SICs on DPC proceedings, ACRs, Disciplinary proceedings, Corruption etc. and am quite amazed and sad to find that the PAs are invariably successful in evading information despite the fact that the RTI Act-2005 overrides the Official Secret Act. In spite of the preamble of the Act dictating that the Act is meant to bring transparency and accountability in the process of Governance, the transparency and accountability is ...

The number of pending appeals with CIC is 9769 and the cumulative disposal is 30,218 till June 2009. With our current estimated population of +1100 million, the number of pending appeals and disposal is like a drop in the ocean. I wonder does it indicate a happy situation – all is well and information is freely and timely available, and there is no need for any more transparency & accountability. Or does it indicate lack of awareness about the RTI Act-2005. Or does it indicate the ability ...

Like many of my fellow citizens I too shared the ecstasy of RTI Act-2005, imagining that all evils of corruption and misadministration would come to an end. But going through the various case histories as depicted in numerous CIC decisions I am disillusioned. The reasons being the successful evasion of different provisions of RTI Act-2005 by the PAs, CPIOs and FAAs by misusing Section 8 of the Act with impunity. They are an expert lot to defeat the purpose of this wonderful enactment exploiting ...

As an RTI Act- user, I wonder what purpose the information would serve if it cannot be obtained within a reasonable time. Why PAs still want to hold back the info once the gateway in the form of RTI Act-2005 has been enacted.
I feel, the number of appeals is swelling because the PAs are not being penalized for denying info or for evading info to applicants.
Are we in the process of derailment of RTI Act-2005 sooner or latter?

What ails this country is a question which many of us confront if not each day may be now and then during leisure hours or may be while going to bed or may be when meeting a stone wall situation or may be during a chit-chat etc.
The thoughts take us on a tour of issues, some trivial and some connected with our daily chorus. It takes me to a cobweb like situation where I find each big or small issue is entangled due to our own ignorance and lack of understanding. We lack awareness ...

I saw more than 20,000 cases lying pending before the CIC as on December 2008, as per the CIC website.
At present its not a very big figure considering the size and population of our country, infact it should be more! and I am sure in coming years this is going to rise with spread of awareness about RTI Act-2005 – indeed a healthy sign. The present backlog could also be partly due to inadequate infrastructure support with the CIC and we need to do something about it. The enforcement law ...

“Abhi Dilli bhaa..aaut …..door …… hai!” (RTI Act-2005 objectives have been defeated by PAs) . The tendency of defiance and with impunity is the cause of “ Dilli door hai”. The posts in the forum as well as decisions of CICs and SICs reveal the might of PAs in defending their cause of blocking transparency and accountability in governance. If l each decision of CIC and SICs can have a direction for the PAs and/or PIOs to submit action taken report to the respective ICs. On non compliance ...

To me it appears that RTI Act-2005 like many others Acts would end becoming a dormant instrument buried deep inside our statute books. I feel unless CIC and SICs fall heavily on erring PIOs, FAs and Pas, the Act would die its natural death soon. The Public Authorities have learnt the art of bypassing the provisions of the Act with impunity. Examples like “records not available” “file could not be located” information cannot be provided due to “fiduciary relation”, information cannot be provided ...