Second appeal submitted against DDO Mirzapur for not providing information concerning construction of temporary cowsheds

 

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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-20240200085

Appeallent'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

Department TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT (District)

Office District Development Officer Mirzapur

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

Date of RTI application under section 6(1) 20-11-2023

Is the Applicant below piverty line? No

Section 6(1) Application No. 60227

Section 6(1) Transaction ID IK0CNMNXV3

Action Taken by Public Information Officer(PIO)

Answer of P.I.O. Not providing Information in Stipulated Time

Date of PIO Reply 05-02-2024

Public Information Officer Details

PIO जिला विकास अधिकारी मीरजापुर

Address Public Information Officer Office - District Development Officer Mirzapur

Pincode 231001

Mobile Number 9454465108

Email drda-mir@nic.in

Details of First Appeal

Date of First Appeal application under Section 19(1) 06-02-2024

FAA मुख्य विकास अधिकारी मीरजापुर

Address First Appellate Authority Office - District Development Officer Mirzapur

Pincode 231001

Mobile Number 9454465106

Email drda-mir@nic.in

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-Mirzapur-DDO

Designation-DDO, Name-Shri Shravan Kumar Rai, 

Mobile No-9454465108, Email Id: - drda-mir@nic.in, PIN Code-231001

2-Concerned Appellate Authority- CDO Mirzapur, Name- Vishal Kumar (I.A.S.), Mobile Number: - 9454465106, Email Id: - drda-mir@nic.in District Mirzapur, Pin code 231001

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 still they have not provided any information.

Short submissions of the appellant are as follows.

1-From the following status of the RTI application submitted online by the appellant, it is quite obvious that the appellant submitted RTI application on 20th November 2023 which has been disposed of by the public information officer district development officer Mirzapur on 5th of February 2024 which means more than two and half months passed. 

2-District development officer Mirzapur disposed of the RTI application with the comment that RTI application has been transferred under subsection 1 of section 6 of the right to information act 2005 to block development officer development block-Chhanvey, district-Mirzapur to collect information When block development officer will make available information to him then he will provide the information to the appellant. 

3-It is quite obvious that district development officer could not provide information to the appellant in two and a half months which is violation of the subsection 1 of section 7 of the right to information act 2005 which categorically states that public information officer has to provide the information to the information seeker within a stipulated 30 days but here concerned public information officer did not provide the information in two and half months and arbitrarily disposed of the RTI application.

4-This is tantamount to wilful denial of the information to the appellant by the public information officer which must be taken into account by the Most respected information commissioner of the state information commission. 

5- The following is the status of the submitted RTI application by the appellant.

Registration Number COMRD/R/2023/60227. Name Yogi M P Singh

Date of Filing 20/11/2023, Status REQUEST DISPOSED OF as on 05/02/2024, 

Reply :- खण्ड विकास अधिकारी छानवे‚ मीरजापुर को जन सूचना अधिकार अधिनियम 2005 के तहत धारा 6 (1) के अन्तर्गत अन्तरित करते हुए सूचना उपलब्ध होने पर आपको सूचना प्रेषित कर दिया जायेगा।

Concerned PIO Mirzapur-DDO, Designation DDO

Phone No 9454465108, Email Id drda-mir@nic.in

6-The matter concerns the misuse/siphoning of the huge public fund in construction of temporary cowsheds which is the Root-Cause, concerned public staff are running away from providing information because their corruption may not reach in public domain.

7- The appellant sought following information from the public information officer.

1- Public information officer may provide the estimates made by the staff of the government in construction of temporary cow sheds in concerned village panchayats. 

2- Public information officer may provide the ledger concerning the payments made in the construction of the temporary cow sheds in the concerned village panchayats.

3-Public information officer may provide the invoices concerning the payments made in the construction of the temporary cow sheds in the concerned village panchayats.

4-Public information officer may provide the work booklet of the last five years concerning the temporary cow sheds in the concerned village panchayats.

5-Public information officer may provide the payment disbursement sheet of the last five years concerning the payments of the temporary cow sheds in the concerned village panchayats.

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-06/02/2024                                                Yours sincerely.

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

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

 Pradesh, PIN code-231001.