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| How much Govt record has been damaged in floods ? | | Stake holders appeal Guv to constitute SIT | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Feb 15: As the Public Authorities especially those located in Kashmir division are using September floods in Kashmir as an excuse to hide their misdeeds the stake holders , RTI information seekers and activists have demanded that Governor must constitute a Special Investigation Team (SIT) so as to probe into all the bunglings taking place in Govt and semi Government offices.
Pertinently many Public Authorities are denying to share information under Right to Information Act (RTI) to inform seekers under the pretext of records being damaged in September floods.
As many as five Government departments which includes Public Service Commission (PSC), Agro Industries Corporation, Srinagar Development Authority , J&K High Court have denied to provide information to RTI applicants and the cases have already landed in State Information Commission (SIC) which is yet to deliver justice to the stake holders (information seekers etc)
On Sunday Early Times filed a story about Srinagar Development Authority (SDA) which has denied to provide information under State RTI Act to an information seeker wherein he had sought details related to leasing out of shops and plots by the SDA. The applicant alleges that he has been denied justice by the State Information Commission (SIC) where the 2nd appeal case was heard .
The SIC had upheld the decision of PIO- of SDA during the case hearing on 27.1.2015 at Srinagar office of SIC .
While talking to Early Times RTI activist Dr Mushtaq Khan said:
" Today we have five public authorities who are denying to share the information to information seekers under RTI and they use floods as an excuse , if the Special Investigation Team (SIT) is not constituted by the Government , these cases will increase and after some months all the valuable and important Govt records would be destroyed by the corrupt Govt officials and their touts , so the need of the hour is that Governor N N Vohra must constitute an SIT which would probe into all these cases and file a report vis a vis damaged Govt records in recent floods "
Ghulam Rasool Baba R/o Nund Reshi Colony Bemina, Srinagar an information seeker has also appealed Governor to intervene into this matter and constitute an SIT .
Pertinently Baba was also denied information by SDA on the pretext that records have been damaged in floods. |
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