7 months ago
2
Mentioning that 40,000 RTI applications were pending successful the State till September 2025 and 1,623 applications successful Dharwad district, State Chief Information Commissioner Ashit Mohan Prasad has directed the officials to dispose of the pending applications astatine the earliest.
Chairing a gathering connected the Right To Information Act 2005 organised for the zilla panchayat officials and employees successful Dharwad connected Friday, Mr. Prasad asked the officials to supply the requisite answers and accusation to the applicants arsenic per the guidelines of the Act. Failure to bash truthful would effect successful imposition of a fine, and successful the past 10 years officials had paid a punishment of ₹10 crore to the State Information Commission, helium said.
He emphasised the request for the officials successful providing answers to RTI applications successful a clip bound manner. Otherwise they would beryllium penalised, helium said.
Mr. Prasad said that the RTI applications filed should beryllium disposed of wrong 30 days, and they could besides supply record notes, but should guarantee that the details and individuality of the authoritative who had written the notes were kept secret. “There is besides nary request for attestation of the accusation downloaded from authorities websites. For applications pertaining to authorities schemes and works, answers could beryllium fixed by downloading accusation from respective authorities departments,” helium said.
He clarified that accusation astir an individual’s authorities employment and facilities could beryllium given, including the sanction of the serviceman and post, arsenic they were authorities records. However, erstwhile an enquiry was connected oregon an enquiry was completed but the last study was not submitted, oregon erstwhile the acrophobic investigating serviceman had not fixed closure of enquiry study oregon provided attestation, specified accusation should not beryllium given, helium said.
The Chief Information Commissioner emphasised the request for officials and employees to person a basal knowing of the law. “Although the Right To Information Act came into beingness successful 2005, it covers accusation from the past 20 years. Already implicit 200 orders from precocious courts and implicit 100 orders from the Supreme Court person been issued connected RTI. These orders person further strengthened the Act, its exertion and expansion,” helium said.
He elaborated connected the responsibilities of the Deputy Commissioner and Chief Executive Officer of the Zilla Panchayat.
Deputy Commissioner Divya Prabhu G.R.J. said that each six months, requisite grooming was being fixed to accusation officers, archetypal appellate, and 2nd appellate officers. Compared to different districts, accusation officers successful Dharwad territory had performed well. Steps would beryllium taken to wide the pending exertion successful a time-bound manner, she said.
Police Commissioner N. Shashikumar, ZP CEO Bhuvanesh Patil, and Superintendent of Police Gunjan Arya spoke connected assorted issues related to RTI and its application. Other elder officials of assorted departments were present.
