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The Karnataka State Information Commission’s Kalaburagi Bench has imposed penalties connected respective authorities officials, including gram panchayat secretaries and improvement officers, for failing to furnish accusation nether the Right to Information (RTI) Act wrong the stipulated clip and for remaining absent during hearings, State Information Commissioner B. Venkata Singh said present connected Friday.
In a property release, Mr. Singh said that penalties were imposed during hearings successful April against officials who failed to respond to notices issued by the committee oregon neglected providing accusation sought by applicants.
Among those penalised are Kalaburagi Zilla Panchayat Deputy Secretary Lakshman Shringeri, Assistant Executive Engineer of the Public Works Department successful Gangavati taluk Devanna Katti and Raichur taluk Grade-II Tahsildar Parashuram.
The committee imposed a good of ₹10,000 connected Mr. Shringeri, ₹15,000 connected Mr. Katti and ₹5,000 connected Tahsildar Parashuram.
Penalties were besides imposed connected respective gram panchayat secretaries and PDOs from antithetic districts, including officials from Hullur successful Jewargi taluk, Aldal successful Surpur taluk, Aroli successful Muddebihal taluk, Yelasangi successful Aland taluk, Naganur successful Surpur taluk, Gogi-K successful Shahapur taluk, Hosadaroj successful Sandur taluk, Saidapur successful Yadgir taluk, Tadibidi successful Wadagera taluk, Siddapur successful Karatagi taluk, Hagaraga successful Kalaburagi taluk, Paidoddi successful Lingsugur taluk and Rama Samudra successful Yadgir taluk.
The commissioner said that a full punishment of ₹1.5 lakh was imposed connected 18 officials during April.
Mr. Singh said that the committee took up 564 cases for proceeding during April and disposed of 229 cases.
He further said that since assuming office, helium has taken up 3,084 cases and disposed of 1,308 cases during 88 days of hearings.
To guarantee speedy disposal of RTI cases and make consciousness among officials astir the provisions of the RTI Act, workshops person already been conducted successful Ballari, Bidar, Kalaburagi and Koppal districts.
Another store has been scheduled successful Vijayanagara territory connected May 30, helium added.
