Second Appeal made against PIO in Chief Minister Office who provided incomplete and misleading information

 

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UTTAR PRADESH INFORMATION COMMISSION

Second Appeal under section 19(3) of the Right to Information Act, 2005

Appeal Registration Number - A-20240200151

Appellant's Particulars

Name Yogi M P Singh

Gender Male

State UTTAR PRADESH

District MIRZAPUR

Town/Village मिर्जापुर

Pincode 231001

Mobile Number 7379105911

Email yogimpsingh@gmail.com

Address सुरेकापुरम कॉलोनी जबलपुर रोड मिर्जापुर सिटी

Department

Office Chief Minister office UP

Details of Request for obtaining information under section 6(1) of RTI Act, 2005

Date of RTI application under section 6(1) 03-01-2024

Is the Applicant below poverty line? No

Section 6(1) Application No. DOCMO/R/2024/60007

Section 6(1) Transaction ID DOCMOR20240000000006

Action Taken by Public Information Officer (PIO)

Answer of P.I.O. There is no answer

Date of PIO Reply ---

Public Information Officer Details

PIO NA

Address Public Information Officer Office - Chief Minister office UP

Pincode 226010

Mobile Number NA

Email NA

Details of First Appeal

Date of First Appeal application under Section 19(1) 05-02-2024

FAA जगदीश प्रसाद

Address First Appellate Authority Office - Chief Minister office UP

Pincode 226010

Mobile Number 522272494

Email sec.sic@gov.in

FAA Address Details

Answer of First Appellate Authority (FAA) There is no answer

Date of Order ---

Remarks

Relief sought under Section 19(3)- Second Appeal of the Right to Information Act, 2005 Public information officer provided incomplete and misleading information which must be taken into account in accordance with the law

Other Supporting Documents

Document-1 Details Application supporting document

Document-2 Details Application status

Hearing Option

Hearing Type Online

Online Hearing Mobile 7379105911

Online Hearing Email yogimpsingh@gmail.com

To 

        Chief Information Commissioner/ Companion Information Commissioners

                  7/7A, RTI Bhawan, Vibhuti Khand, Gomti Nagar Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, PIN Code-226010

Details of the appellant-Mohalla Surekapuram colony, Jabalpur Road, Sangmohal post office, Districts Mirzapur, Pincode 231001, State-Uttar Pradesh, Mobile number 7379105911

Details of the respondents-

1-PIO of Public Authority approached-MUMTAZ AHMAD

Designation-ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER

Phone No 05222724745, 7/7A, RTI Bhawan, Vibhuti Khand, Gomti Nagar Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, PIN Code-226010

2-Concerned Appellate Authority JAGDISH PRASAD

Phone No 05222724941

Email Id sec.sic@gov.in 7/7A, RTI Bhawan, Vibhuti Khand, Gomti Nagar Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, PIN Code-226010

Prayer- Public information officer did not entertain RTI application within time 30 days as prescribed under subsection 1 of section 7 of the right to information act 2005 and thereafter he provided incomplete and misleading information.

Short submissions of the appellant are as follows.

Regarding the following six points, the public information officer made available information to the appellant through the personal secretary registrar of the Uttar Pradesh Information Commission as follows.

1-Public Information Officer may provide the initiatives of the Government of Uttar Pradesh to digitalize the inviting process of the second appeal for the compliance of order of the supreme court which means to provide the facilities of e-filing to the citizens in the state.

Information made available by PIO- E-filing facilities have been initiated in Uttar Pradesh information commission.

Submission- PIO could not disclose initiatives regarding the compliance of the order of the Supreme Court. It is noticeable that an objective cannot be an initiative. 

2-Public Information Officer must provide the detail of the proposal if any made on the part of the state government to digitalise the inviting process of the second appeal for the compliance of order of the supreme court.

Submission- Personal Secretary of the registrar denied this information as it was not concerned with his table.

3-Public Information Officer must provide the details of the proposal if any made on the part of the central government to digitalize the inviting process of the second appeal in the state of Uttar Pradesh as our great prime minister supports the digitization of the working of the public staff.

Submission- Personal Secretary of the registrar denied this information as it was not concerned with his table.

4-Public Information Officer may provide the information as to what are the difficulties being faced by the State Information Commission in digitizing the process of second appeal and why there is delay in its implementation? Please provide the details to the people in the state who are suffering a lot because of the offline mode and matter be informed to the apex court accordingly.

Information made available by PIO- E-filing facilities have been initiated in Uttar Pradesh information commission. Undoubtedly you did not delay in compliance with the order of the Supreme Court of India so this information is correct. 

 5-Public Information Officer must provide the fund details provided by the central government for the compliance of supreme court order if any.

Submission- Personal Secretary of the registrar denied this information as it was not concerned with his table.

 6-Public Information Officer must provide the fund details provided by the government of Uttar Pradesh for the compliance of order of the supreme court. 

Submission- Personal Secretary of the registrar denied this information as it was not concerned with his table.

Submission of appellant-It is quite obvious that neither fund details nor processing of the implementation of the order was disclosed before the appellant. Chief Minister Office transferred rti application to department of administrative reform and Department of administrative reform to Uttar Pradesh Information Commission, but information denied on the ground that information does not concern with the table who provided information. The job to collect the information vested with the public information officer.

It is quite obvious that a website has been created and it is natural that a demand was made before the government thereafter fund is sanctioned and then it is released by the government and then website was created. It is quite explicit that this project is an outcome of the judgement passed by the most respected Supreme Court of India and when our learned judges were apprised of the fact that this project will need money which was the root cause they ordered the government to provide the fund necessary for the purpose. 

Right to information act was introduced by the government of India to promote transparency and accountability in the working of public authorities, but where is transparency and accountability?

This is a humble request of your applicant to you Hon'ble Sir that how can it be justified to withhold public services arbitrarily and promote anarchy, lawlessness, and chaos arbitrarily by making the mockery of law of land? There is need of the hour to take harsh steps against the wrongdoer to win the confidence of citizenry and strengthen the democratic values for healthy and prosperous democracy. For this, your appellant shall ever pray for you, Hon’ble Sir.

Date-09/02/2024                                                Yours sincerely.

                                     Yogi M. P. Singh, Mobile number-7379105911,

Mohalla- Surekapuram colony, Jabalpur Road, District-Mirzapur, Uttar

 Pradesh, PIN code-231001.

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