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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
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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.