State Info Commissioners (from left) B. Venkata Singh, Rudranna Harthikote and Rajshekhar S at a coaching workshop on the Proper to Info Act, in Bidar on Saturday.
Public Info Officers ought to present info to candidates with none negligence, Karnataka State Info Commissioner Rudranna Harthikote stated right here on Saturday.
Addressing a coaching workshop on the Proper to Info Act in Bidar, he reminded officers that info sought below the Act have to be furnished inside 30 days. “The Proper to Info is a elementary proper. Articles 19(A) and 21(A) of the Structure relate to this proper. The 1975 Raj Narain vs Uttar Pradesh judgment strongly upheld residents’ proper to know, and based mostly on this precept, the RTI Act was enacted in 2005,” he stated.
The Commissioner stated that of the 55,143 functions acquired within the State to this point, 36,206 had been disposed of, and the remaining instances would even be resolved in a time-bound method. Below the RTI Act, penalties amounting to ₹10.16 crore had been imposed in 10,735 instances. Nonetheless, solely ₹2.70 crore had been recovered in 3,084 instances.
In Bidar district, 383 functions have been pending — the best being within the Rural Growth and Panchayat Raj Division (215), adopted by the City Growth Authority (58), Income Division (54), Social Welfare Division (21), and different departments (35). “Bidar has the bottom variety of pending functions in your entire Kalyana Karnataka area,” he stated. Penalties of ₹9.2 lakh had been imposed in 106 instances within the district, however solely ₹87,000 had been collected in seven instances, he added.
Bengaluru Bench Info Commissioner Rajshekhar S. stated the RTI Act was launched to advertise good governance, transparency and to curb corruption. “Officers should work inside timelines and safeguard public curiosity. The RTI Act is among the many most generally used legal guidelines on this planet. Residents should make correct use of it,” he stated.
Kalaburagi Bench Info Commissioner B. Venkata Singh added that 6,768 instances have been pending within the Kalaburagi area, most of them associated to the Panchayat Raj Division. “Many PDOs fail to supply info on time, leaving functions pending. Disposal on the decrease degree is the simplest methodology. Each officers and the general public should perceive the Act’s provisions and court docket judgments associated to it,” he stated.
Further Deputy Commissioner Shivanand Karale, Bidar Assistant Commissioner Mohammad Shakeel and different officers have been current.
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