Information Commission imposes penalty on two Social Welfare officials

Commissioner of the Kalaburagi Bench of the Karnataka State Information Commission B. Venkata Singh has imposed penalties connected 2 Deputy Directors of the Social Welfare Department for failing to furnish accusation sought nether the Right to Information (RTI) Act and for not complying with the commission’s orders.

According to media enactment released by his office, the enactment followed an entreaty filed by Rangalinga Gouda of Raichur who said that accusation sought nether the RTI Act has not been provided adjacent aft 2 years.

After proceeding the matter, the committee imposed a punishment of ₹10,000 connected Vijayalakshmi, who is simply a erstwhile Deputy Director of the Social Welfare Department successful Raichur and present serving successful Shahapur taluk, and ₹5,000 connected Shivappa, who is the Deputy Director of the Social Welfare Department successful Raichur.

The committee noted that Vijayalakshmi was earlier fined ₹5,000 and directed to furnish the accusation sought by the appellant and look earlier it during the consequent hearing.

However, she neither complied with the bid nor appeared earlier the commission. Taking superior enactment of the continued non-compliance, the committee enhanced the punishment to ₹10,000.

Similarly, Shivappa was directed to supply the requested accusation and look earlier the committee during the adjacent hearing. As helium excessively failed to comply with the commission’s directions, a punishment of ₹5,000 was imposed connected him.

The committee has directed Deputy Director of the Social Welfare Department successful Raichur territory Praveen Kumar and Deputy Director of the section successful Yadgir territory Chidanandappa to initiate steps to retrieve the penalties from the officials acrophobic and taxable a compliance study during the adjacent hearing.

The directions were issued nether Section 18(3) of the RTI Act, 2005. The committee warned that further enactment nether Section 20(2) of the Act volition beryllium initiated successful the lawsuit of non-compliance.