Appeal against Vinay Kumar Singh/PIO in office of D.M. Prayagraj for not providing 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-20240601800

Appeallent's Particulars

Applied Date : 21/06/2024 06:35:52 AM

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 ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS DEPARTMENT (District)

Division Prayagraj

District Prayagraj

Office Administrative Reforms Department,Prayagraj Distrcit

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

Date of RTI application under section 6(1) 26-01-2024

Is the Applicant below piverty line? No

Section 6(1) Application No. DMOPR/R/2024/60022

Section 6(1) Transaction ID DMOPRR20240000000025

Action Taken by Public Information Officer(PIO)

Answer of P.I.O. Answer incomplete/unsatisfactory/false/misleading etc.

Date of PIO Reply 06-02-2024

Public Information Officer Details

PIO Vinay Kumar Singh

Address Public Information Officer Office - Administrative Reforms Department,Prayagraj Distrcit

Pincode 211003

Mobile Number 9454417588

Email admfr.ah-up@gov.in

Details of First Appeal

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

FAA Vinay Kumar Singh

Address First Appellate Authority Office - Administrative Reforms Department,Prayagraj Distrcit

Pincode 211003

Mobile Number 9454417588

Email admfr.ah-up@gov.in

FAA Address Details

Answer of First Appellate Authority (FAA) Answer unsatisfactory/false/misleading etc.

Date of Order 12-03-2024

Remarks

Relief sought under Section 19(3)- Second Appeal of the Right to Information Act, 2005 Public information officer arbitrarily denied the information and first appellate authority upheld it illegally

Other Supporting Documents

Document-1 Details Document

Document-2 Details ---

Hearing Option

Hearing Type Offline

Online Hearing Mobile ---

Online Hearing Email ---

Declaration

 I hereby state that the information and particulars given above are true to the best of my knowledge and belief. I also declare that this matter is not previously filed with this commission nor is pending with any Court or tribunal or authority.

Documents Enclosure

Scanned copy of the signed second appeal u/s 19(3) of the Right to Information Act,2005

Document-1

Copy of Order

Copy of PIO Reply

Copy of RTI Application under section 6(1)

Copy of First Appeal under section 19(1)

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 VINAY KUMAR SINGH Designation additional district Magistrate, finance and revenue

Phone No 9454417588

Email Id admfr.ah-up@gov.in, PIN Code-211003

2-Concerned Appellate Authority VINAY KUMAR SINGH

Designation additional district Magistrate, finance and revenue

Phone No 9454417588

Email Id admfr.ah-up@gov.in, PIN Code-211003

Prayer- Sought Information denied by public information officer in the office of District Magistrate Prayagraj as follows.

RTI REQUEST APPLICATION RETURNED TO APPLICANT as on 06/02/2024 Remarks :- Please submit your application to UP Govt Chief Secretary Office.

First appellate authority denied the information as follows-

Status FIRST APPEAL APPLICATION RETURNED TO APPLICANT as on 12/03/2024

Remarks :- Please refer to DOPT OM no. 10/2/2008-IR dated 12/06/2008, wherein it has been clarified that If a person makes an application to a public authority for some information which is the concern of a public authority under any State Government or the Union Territory Administration, the Central Public Information Officer (PIO) of the public authority receiving the application should inform the applicant that the information may be had from the concerned State Government/UT Administration. Application, in such a case, need not be transferred to the State Government/UT Administration. Moreover, the instructions on the home page of the portal clearly indicate viz. Please do not file RTI applications through this portal for the public authorities under the State Governments, including Govt. of Uttar Pradesh. If filed, the application would be returned, without refund of amount. Accordingly, your RTI application, which is the concern of a public authority under any State Government, is returned herewith. You may file the same before the concerned public authority under the State Government.

Short submissions of the appellant are as follows.

From the following submissions it is obvious that government order was also sent by department of administrative reform to the district magistrate Prayagraj to ensure compliance of G.O. by P.C.S. under his supervision and the appellant is seeking information concerning the compliance of the government order by the district magistrate Prayagraj, but it is most unfortunate concerned public information officer in the office of district Magistrate Prayagraj did not provide information to the appellant arbitrarily. The nodal officer did not adopt logistic approach to entertain the rti application and appeal. 

Sir, please refer to pages 4 and 5 of the PDF documents attached with this application. The government order was sent by Dhananjay Shukla, Special Secretary of the Government of Uttar Pradesh on 4th January 2024. This mandate is addressed to the Chairman Revenue Council Uttar Pradesh Lucknow, all Additional Chief Secretary, Principal Secretary Secretary, Government of Uttar Pradesh, all the heads of departments and chief office heads, Uttar Pradesh all the divisional commissioners of Uttar Pradesh, the District Magistrate of Uttar Pradesh. प्रेषक, धनन्जय शुक्ला, विशेष सचिव, उत्तर प्रदेश शासन।

Subject:- Regarding filing of annual movable and immovable property statements by the officers of Uttar Pradesh Civil Services (Executive Branch) through online mode on Sparrow portal. Sir,

IT IS TO BE INFORMED THAT VIDE G.O. NO. 1/114964/2021 DATED 16.11.2021 OF APPOINTMENT SECTION-7, UPDATING THE OLD FORMAT OF ANNUAL CONFIDENTIAL ENTRY OF OFFICERS OF UTTAR PRADESH CIVIL SERVICES (EXECUTIVE BRANCH) BY DEGRADING THE OLD FORMAT "ANNUAL PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL REPORT", THE OFFICERS OF UTTAR PRADESH CIVIL SERVICE (EXECUTIVE BRANCH) HAVE BEEN ASKED TO SUBMIT ANNUAL PROPERTY STATEMENT sparrow-pcs.up.gov.in Provision has been made to receive it through online mode on the portal aforementioned.

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-21/06/2024                                                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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