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The Karnataka Information Commission has ordered high-level inquiries into 3 abstracted onshore quality cases crossed Mysuru, Mandya, and Bengaluru Urban districts, with 1 lawsuit successful Mysuru drafting peculiar attraction aft records allegedly showed a deceased idiosyncratic attending authoritative hearings.
State Information Commissioner Rudranna Hartikote, portion proceeding appeals filed by 3 applicants, directed the Deputy Commissioners of the districts acrophobic and the Additional Chief Secretary of the Revenue Department to represent enquiry committees headed by the Additional Deputy Commissioners. These panels person been asked to analyse the cases, taxable reports, and pass the applicants of their findings.
Dead begetter ‘attending’ hearings
The astir striking lawsuit emerged from Mysuru, wherever S. Ravi, a nonmigratory of Kyathamaranahalli, alleged superior irregularities successful records related to Survey No. 155. Mr. Ravi claimed that though his father, Shivachikkayya, had passed away, authoritative documents showed him attending hearings astatine the taluk bureau connected June 13, 2023, and July 11, 2023, and adjacent signing documents.
Seeking proof, Mr. Ravi filed a Right to Information (RTI) exertion requesting certified records on with CCTV camera footage of his father’s alleged visits to the office. However, the taluk bureau failed to supply the requested information.
Taking superior note, the committee observed that specified discrepancies could magnitude to a transgression offence. It directed that an enquiry beryllium conducted nether the supervision of the Additional Deputy Commissioner aft verifying the decease certificate. If wrongdoing is established, officials liable indispensable look transgression proceedings, and the applicant indispensable beryllium duly informed.
File discrepancies successful Mandya
In different lawsuit from Mandya district, K.S. Parthasarathi of Kottahalli colony successful Maddur taluk sought records related to Survey Nos. 53/50 and 53/51, allegedly linked to onshore alienation successful favour of an acquisition institution. Initially, authorities claimed the record was missing.
However, during the hearing, officials stated that the record was really disposable successful the Sub-Divisional Officer’s bureau and pertained to Malavalli taluk. The committee has present ordered the verification of the file’s authenticity and directed that disciplinary enactment beryllium initiated if irregularities are found.
‘Suspicious’ records successful Bengaluru
A akin interest arose successful Bengaluru East taluk, wherever Govindaraju, a nonmigratory of Mitaganahalli village, sought records related to Survey No. 2. Officials termed the record “suspicious,” prompting the committee to bid a elaborate enquiry into the substance arsenic well.
Penalty successful temple RTI case
In different acceptable of 4 cases, the committee has imposed a punishment of ₹1 lakh connected K.P. Gopalakrishna Rao, the administrative serviceman and Public Information Officer of Sri Mariyamma temple successful Karkala, Udupi district. The committee has besides directed that compensation of ₹16,000 beryllium paid to the applicant crossed the 4 cases. The applicant, Somanath Nayak K., had filed applications seeking definite accusation related to the temple nether the Muzrai Department.
The administrative officer, serving arsenic the Public Information Officer, neither appeared for the commission’s hearings nor provided the requested information. The temple receives an yearly assistance of ₹60,000 from the government, and ₹25 lakh was sanctioned successful 2022 for its renovation. Despite orders from the committee to furnish the information, the serviceman had failed to comply, Mr. Hartikote told The Hindu.
