Second appeal filed against Divisional Forest Officer Mirzapur to curb deforestation






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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-20240701554

Appellant's Particulars

Applied Date : 21/07/2024 05:12:39 AM

Name Yogi M P Singh

Gender Male

State UTTAR PRADESH

District MIRZAPUR

Town/Village मिर्जापुर

Pin code 231001

Mobile Number 7379105911

Email yogimpsingh@gmail.com

Address सुरेकापुरम कॉलोनी जबलपुर रोड मिर्जापुर सिटी

Department

Department ENVIRONMENT FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE DEPARTMENT (District)

Division Mirzapur

District Mirzapur

Office Environment Department, Mirzapur District

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

Date of RTI application under section 6(1) 12-02-2024

Is the Applicant below poverty line? No

Section 6(1) Application No. PCCFO/R/2024/60008

Section 6(1) Transaction ID PCCFOR20240000000009

Action Taken by Public Information Officer (PIO)

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

Date of PIO Reply 28-02-2024

Public Information Officer Details

PIO DFO Mirzapur

Address Public Information Officer Office - Environment Department, Mirzapur District

Pin code 231001

Mobile Number 9452015883

Email pccf-up@nic.in

Details of First Appeal

Date of First Appeal application under Section 19(1) 19-04-2024

FAA Chief Conservator of forest

Address First Appellate Authority Office - Environment Department, Mirzapur District

Pincode 231001

Mobile Number 9452015883

Email ccfadmgaz-up@nic.in

FAA Address Details

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

Date of Order 26-04-2024

Remarks

Relief sought under Section 19(3)- Second Appeal of the Right to Information Act, 2005 Public information officer divisional Forest Officer Mirzapur provided incomplete misleading information and after appeal no appropriate action taken by the first appellate authority to provide the re

Other Supporting Documents

Document-1 Details appeal status

Document-2 Details application status

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

Document-2

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, District-Mirzapur, Pin code 231001, State   Uttar Pradesh, Mobile number 7379105911

Details of the respondents-

1-PIO of Public Authority approached-      BRIJESH KUMAR YADAV AAO/DFO Mirzapur

, Designation- AAO

Phone No 9452015883, Email Id- pccf-up@nic.in,

Office of Principal chief conservator, District-Lucknow, PIN Code-226001

2-Concerned Appellate Authority- SANJEEV KUMAR/chief conservator of forest Mirzapur

, Telephone Number: - 9452015883,

Email Id:- ccfadmgaz-up@nic.in,

Office of Principal chief conservator, District-Lucknow, PIN Code-226001

Prayer- Public information officer divisional Forest Officer Mirzapur provided incomplete misleading information and after appeal no appropriate action taken by the first appellate authority to provide the rest of information.

Short submissions of the appellant are as follows.

Sought information, provided information by the public information officer and submissions of the appellant are as follows.

 1- Provide the name and designation of the staff who got a registered first information report in the matter if not registered provide the reason for it.  

Provided information by PIO- श्री अभिषेक सिंह वन दरोगा / सेक्शन प्रभारी को प्रथम सूचना / शिकायत प्राप्त हुई थी वृक्ष छूट प्रजाति की श्रेणी का होना पाया गया

 

Sought information 2- Provide the name and designation of the staff who reached the site on the information of the villagers nearby.

Provided information by PIO-श्री अभिषेक सिंह, वन दरोगा / सेक्शन प्रभारी



Sought information 3- Provide the cause of failure to nab the forest Mafia despite the proper intimation by the villagers nearby by the personnel of the Department of forest.

Provided information by PIO- सम्बन्धित वृक्ष छूट प्रजाति की श्रेणी का पाया गया।

Sought information 4- Please provide the action taken by the department against the personnel whose dereliction increased the activities of forest mafia in the area.

Provided information by PIO- उपरोक्तानुसार।

Sought information 5- Please provide the name, designation, posting details and date of joining of the concerned ranger responsible for the failure to curb the cutting of green trees on a large scale.

Provided information by PIO- श्री वी0के0 तिवारी क्षेत्रीय वन अधिकारी ड्रामनगंज रेंज में जून 2022 से तैनात है

Except 5th point, the reply given by the public information officer from point 1 to .4 are misleading because of the following fact.

 

Seeing the forest department staff not on the spot, the villagers found the matter suspicious, so they called Ranger Drummond Ganj and informed about the matter. On the information of the villagers, the ranger sent forest officer Abhishek Singh to the spot. As soon as they got a whiff of the arrival of the forest guard, the forest mafia, who was cutting wood, escaped from the spot. The forest inspector has taken possession of the cutter machine found on the spot.

If everything was okay why did the concerned personnel escaped from the site?

Most respected Sir there is need to obtain prior permission in case farmers cut down the trees in their own land, but these trees belong to the Department of forest which is the root cause they fled away from the spot.

The forest inspector has taken possession of the cutter machine found on the spot. The trees belonging to the Department of forest and exempted category can be cut down by anonymous persons/outfit ipso facto. The provided information is misleading so concerned public information officers must be directed to provide information with reason as required under Subsection 1D of section 4 of the right to information act 2005.

Communications exchanged by the department in the matter are attached to the appeal in pdf form.

In the area, the forest mafias are openly cutting green trees by painting the forest department on the tractors/other carriers. The villagers have demanded action against the forest mafia. In this context, Ranger Drummond Ganj Virendra Kumar Tiwari said that serus and chilbil are exempted species of trees. The tractor trolley on which the forest department was painted did not belong to the department of forest. The forest department is written on the tractor trolley in the area and those who cut trees are being traced.

Action will be taken against them assured by the department of the forest.

Before the media they assured to act against the forest Mafia but in their communication under RTI those indulged in cutting the green trees belonging to the forest were innocent people and they were left scot-free by the Department of forest showing Nexus between the personnel of department and forest mafia.

 

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-21/07/2024                                                Yours sincerely

 

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

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

Pradesh, PIN code-231001.

Yogi

An anti-corruption crusader. Motive to build a strong society based on the principle of universal brotherhood. Human rights defender and RTI activist.

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