Text: Santoshi Pattem
Mr. Satish Kumar is a student who qualifies for a ST academic scholarship. He had not been receiving any money from the scholarship for the past 2 years and decided to get help. He approached Lok Satta Sanjeevani for advice and filed an RTI appeal to the ST scholarship office (RR District). 30 days after filing the initial appeal and not receiving any response, the Sanjeevani team filed another appeal to the appellant authority. After waiting for another 30 days, the team decided to pursue the matter with the Andhra Pradesh Information Commission and drafted an appeal for the same.
Before they could file that appeal, Mr. Satish received a call from the ST scholarship office asking him to visit them. They promised to send the 1st year’s scholarship amount within 5 days and the 2nd year’s scholarship in 30 days, as the file was pending with the treasury office. They requested him to withdraw his RTI appeal and provide the assurance in writing. Mr. Satish was very happy that he had received a response to his issue and thanked the Sanjeevani team in helping him with his matter. Sanjeevani considers this a partial success and will pursue this matter to the final conclusion - getting the full scholarship amount.
An important lesson from this case that Sanjeevani would like to share with all RTI applicants is this: never mention the phone number in the RTI application. Information conveyed over phone is effectively under wraps. Without the phone number, the responsible department or PIO will be compelled to provide their response in writing which could be used in pursuing the matter further.
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Showing posts with label RTI SUCCESS STORY. Show all posts
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Thursday, April 28, 2011
Friday, February 4, 2011
RTI helps students get long due reimbursement money from ANGRAU
Mr. Maddali Nageswar Rao is a lecturer at Chaitanya Jr. College, Chilakaluripet, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh. In 2009, his niece, Ms. Bindu, had paid Rs. 8000 as counseling fees at Acharya A. G. Ranga Agricultural University, Hyderabad, but decided to withdraw the next day. However, she did not receive a reimbursement even by October 2010. At that point, he filed a RTI appeal with the advice and help of Sanjeevani’s Abdul Azeez . Following this, the Registrar directed the Associate dean to reimburse the whole amount to not only Ms. Bindu but also another student, Mr. P. Ravi Kiran, who was in the same situation as her.
See below fold for photocopies of the reimbursement order.
See below fold for photocopies of the reimbursement order.
Monday, January 17, 2011
RTI helps a student to obtain fee reimbursement money
This is yet another story where RTI has helped a student to obtain fee reimbursement money which was held up due to negligence in a government office. Sanjeevani hopes that people who read these success stories get inspired and start filing complaints to resolve their issues instead of waiting endlessly or bribing someone at government offices. Complete details below the fold.
Gas refilling issues - Knowledge of RTI resolves them
We received the following testimonial to the power and effectiveness of RTI from citizens who discovered RTI via Sanjeevani’s campaigns. Our activists are thrilled that their efforts to take RTI to the people are bearing fruit. Even more, they are genuinely happy to hear of the concrete ways in which it has provided relief to common citizens.
Yes, RTI really works. Imagine the day when citizens will commonly use RTI, as a matter of fact. Like posting a letter. Like sending email. We believe that such a day is not far away.
Yes, RTI really works. Imagine the day when citizens will commonly use RTI, as a matter of fact. Like posting a letter. Like sending email. We believe that such a day is not far away.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
The Mega Event of the year - Filing 500 RTIs targetting a single section - 4(1)(b)
We are imperfect. We cannot expect perfect government. ~ William Howard.
but, the Loksatta Sanjeevani Team did not leave that thought at that. It began a journey to change the so called 'imperfect' to 'perfect' and the 'idle' to 'working'. The attempts never cease, the spirits never flag. In the continuing sequence of activities, Loksatta Sanjeevani has successfully launched a new campaign. This is one is slightly different.....and significantly better. Targeting a single section of RTI law, it has forged ahead to file an unprecedented 500 RTI applications.
Unbelievable ? Wait a minute ..We have taken enough time to come up with stats and photos of the event to make you believe the power of RTI and perhaps, a healthy team..Wanna know more?...You surely can..!Read on..!!
The campaign:
On the eve of the 5th anniversary of the enactment of the RTI Act (October 12, 2010), the Loksatta Sanjeevani team has taken up a massive campaign of filing 500 RTI applications. These applications have been filed with ALL state and secretariat heads of departments and some Nalgonda, Rangareddy and Hyderabad district offices. Significantly, all 500 applications are based on a single section of the RTI law - Section 4(1)(b).
but, the Loksatta Sanjeevani Team did not leave that thought at that. It began a journey to change the so called 'imperfect' to 'perfect' and the 'idle' to 'working'. The attempts never cease, the spirits never flag. In the continuing sequence of activities, Loksatta Sanjeevani has successfully launched a new campaign. This is one is slightly different.....and significantly better. Targeting a single section of RTI law, it has forged ahead to file an unprecedented 500 RTI applications.
Unbelievable ? Wait a minute ..We have taken enough time to come up with stats and photos of the event to make you believe the power of RTI and perhaps, a healthy team..Wanna know more?...You surely can..!Read on..!!
The campaign:
On the eve of the 5th anniversary of the enactment of the RTI Act (October 12, 2010), the Loksatta Sanjeevani team has taken up a massive campaign of filing 500 RTI applications. These applications have been filed with ALL state and secretariat heads of departments and some Nalgonda, Rangareddy and Hyderabad district offices. Significantly, all 500 applications are based on a single section of the RTI law - Section 4(1)(b).
What is special about Section 4(1)(b)?
This section stipulates that each department provide to the public a handbook which includes at least 17 prescribed items of information both online, on the department website, and as hard copies in the offices. A sample of these information items is as follows: details of the department's organization, functions and duties, employee powers and responsibilities, the directory of all employees, procedure followed in the decision making process, including channels of supervision and accountability, monthly remuneration received by each of its officers and employees, budget allocations, with details of all plans, proposed expenditures and reports on disbursements made. This information is expected to be updated regularly and as necessary. This mandatory information is the key to transparency in the system -preventing obscurity and the accompanying corruption and ultimately, empowering citizens to make officials accountable.
The Loksatta Sanjeevani team observed that even after 5 years, very few Government offices have actually implemented this important RTI law. Starting with a training session on September 25th, 12 team members have been filing the 500 applications.
Team members :
Election - Santosh – Bharat – Avanish - Uday Bhaskar - Narasimha - Madhu - Pradeep - Srinivas - Savan - Subbu - Azeez
Event coverage in Eenadu news paper:
http://www.loksattasanjeevani.in/2010/11/filing-500-rtis-loksatta-sanjeevani-in.html
Official Response:
Every Department office has a designated Public Information Officer (PIO) who is responsible for providing the requested handbook. As per the RTI Act, the response should be immediate, as these documents should have been prepared by Oct 12th 2005. However, we have received only 83 replies in one month, out of which only 23 replies have provided us Sec. 4(1)(b) manuals .We are expecting that most responses will arrive only after a second appeal. A positive response was received from the Dept. for Labour Welfare, Andhra Pradesh, who first provided the handbook/manual and then made it available online. A small number of offices have responded with the correct and complete information. Some PIOs have confessed a complete lack of awareness of the requirement of Section 4(1)(b) and made phone calls requesting Sanjeevani members to visit their office and provide directions for preparing the handbook. Surprisingly, several officials have demanded money (upto Rs 5000) for CDs, postage, translation etc. A few offices flatly refused to provide the necessary information. The majority do not have information in Telugu. We have also received several weird replies. A few local offices informed us that this information is not available at local level and asked us to contact the respective head offices. The head offices, on the other hand, asked us to contact local offices, as they can't maintain information related to all offices.
Loksatta Sanjeevani's follow-up to response:
The team’s experience has been that on being confronted with the exact provisions of the RTI Act and making it clear that denial and intimidation will not work, many PIOs quickly change their attitude. The team will be filing first and second appeals for the requested information. And in tandem, we are planning to file complaints directly with the Information Commission under Section 18 of RTI.
Sanjeevani promises to follow-up with a detailed report and analysis of the responses received and the actions being taken based on them.
Warm Regards,
Loksatta Sanjeevani Team
The Loksatta Sanjeevani team observed that even after 5 years, very few Government offices have actually implemented this important RTI law. Starting with a training session on September 25th, 12 team members have been filing the 500 applications.
Loksatta Sanjeevani's vision and effort:
Implementing Section 4(1)(b) will make all the critical information necessary for making government efficient, benefiting both the citizens and officials. Also, it can be expected to reduce the number of RTI applications by half, since the basic information is available beforehand. It has been a great learning experience for Sanjeevani team members, who now have an in-depth awareness about several departments, and are working hard to disseminate the same to the wider public.
Implementing Section 4(1)(b) will make all the critical information necessary for making government efficient, benefiting both the citizens and officials. Also, it can be expected to reduce the number of RTI applications by half, since the basic information is available beforehand. It has been a great learning experience for Sanjeevani team members, who now have an in-depth awareness about several departments, and are working hard to disseminate the same to the wider public.
Everything takes money, and the team has spent about Rs. 16,000 of their personal funds in this effort.
Team members :
Election - Santosh – Bharat – Avanish - Uday Bhaskar - Narasimha - Madhu - Pradeep - Srinivas - Savan - Subbu - Azeez
Event coverage in Eenadu news paper:
http://www.loksattasanjeevani.in/2010/11/filing-500-rtis-loksatta-sanjeevani-in.html
Every Department office has a designated Public Information Officer (PIO) who is responsible for providing the requested handbook. As per the RTI Act, the response should be immediate, as these documents should have been prepared by Oct 12th 2005. However, we have received only 83 replies in one month, out of which only 23 replies have provided us Sec. 4(1)(b) manuals .We are expecting that most responses will arrive only after a second appeal. A positive response was received from the Dept. for Labour Welfare, Andhra Pradesh, who first provided the handbook/manual and then made it available online. A small number of offices have responded with the correct and complete information. Some PIOs have confessed a complete lack of awareness of the requirement of Section 4(1)(b) and made phone calls requesting Sanjeevani members to visit their office and provide directions for preparing the handbook. Surprisingly, several officials have demanded money (upto Rs 5000) for CDs, postage, translation etc. A few offices flatly refused to provide the necessary information. The majority do not have information in Telugu. We have also received several weird replies. A few local offices informed us that this information is not available at local level and asked us to contact the respective head offices. The head offices, on the other hand, asked us to contact local offices, as they can't maintain information related to all offices.
Loksatta Sanjeevani's follow-up to response:
The team’s experience has been that on being confronted with the exact provisions of the RTI Act and making it clear that denial and intimidation will not work, many PIOs quickly change their attitude. The team will be filing first and second appeals for the requested information. And in tandem, we are planning to file complaints directly with the Information Commission under Section 18 of RTI.
Sanjeevani promises to follow-up with a detailed report and analysis of the responses received and the actions being taken based on them.
Warm Regards,
Loksatta Sanjeevani Team
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Friday, July 2, 2010
APSRTC service quality improvisation
What was the problem? :
Over the years there were growing problems in R.T.C that aroused different difficulties for the passengers. The major problems included no details of bus routes and bus timings in bus stands, fitness of the buses, preference of luggage, ID cards for employees of R.T.C, Cleanliness of buses, etc. among various others.
What do rules say? :
A.P.S.R.T.C is the major road transport corporation in Andhra Pradesh that provides bus facilities all over the state. The services of R.T.C vary from district services to city services including various others too. It should take all necessary steps to provide the required facility to each and every passenger.
What have we done? :
We lodged a complaint, on 11-11-2009, with 30 complaints and suggestions, to the R.T.C and asked to take the required actions, so as to rectify their drawbacks to provide quality service. But the complaint was not taken seriously. So we used RTI act to file an application, on 14-12-2009, requesting an action taken report on the complaint lodged and the conversational note files with each department concerned.
Actions taken:
The reply came on 10-02-2010 with all the action taken reports and the note files of conversation between the concerned departments. Though the total information was not fully furnished, some issues were clarified and some cases were solved. The suggestions were said to be accepted, but the steps taken to implement those were not mentioned. They also defended themselves in some serious issues like Fitness certificates of buses, where they said that all buses are in good fitness conditions. This doesn’t seem to be true when we look at so many ordinary buses, running on roads, that don’t seem to be in good condition.
Though this is a partial victory by us, we have achieved to gain some information about:
Please download Complaint, RTI and Replies here.
Over the years there were growing problems in R.T.C that aroused different difficulties for the passengers. The major problems included no details of bus routes and bus timings in bus stands, fitness of the buses, preference of luggage, ID cards for employees of R.T.C, Cleanliness of buses, etc. among various others.
What do rules say? :
A.P.S.R.T.C is the major road transport corporation in Andhra Pradesh that provides bus facilities all over the state. The services of R.T.C vary from district services to city services including various others too. It should take all necessary steps to provide the required facility to each and every passenger.
What have we done? :
We lodged a complaint, on 11-11-2009, with 30 complaints and suggestions, to the R.T.C and asked to take the required actions, so as to rectify their drawbacks to provide quality service. But the complaint was not taken seriously. So we used RTI act to file an application, on 14-12-2009, requesting an action taken report on the complaint lodged and the conversational note files with each department concerned.
Actions taken:
The reply came on 10-02-2010 with all the action taken reports and the note files of conversation between the concerned departments. Though the total information was not fully furnished, some issues were clarified and some cases were solved. The suggestions were said to be accepted, but the steps taken to implement those were not mentioned. They also defended themselves in some serious issues like Fitness certificates of buses, where they said that all buses are in good fitness conditions. This doesn’t seem to be true when we look at so many ordinary buses, running on roads, that don’t seem to be in good condition.
Though this is a partial victory by us, we have achieved to gain some information about:
- The presence of complaints book with each conductor.
- The steps taken to provide timetable to each and every bus stop, with depot manager and other concerned authorities phone numbers.
- Their confession regarding the destination boards, which were not available in many routes and also not present in our regional language.
- The plans to provide bus service to all the villages that are a bit far away from the main road.
- The formation of teams to have regular inspection of private vehicles. The teams include R.T.C, R.T.A and Police department officials.
Please download Complaint, RTI and Replies here.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Deepam Scheme Success Story
Today, money and corruption are ruining the land and crooked politicians betray the working man pocketing the profits and treating us like sheep.
And we are tired of promises that we know they will never keep.
Am sure the day has come to fight back. Corruption has never been compulsory. Similarly, giving bribes is not compulsory. Trust me, we have a way. We have a way to check and we have a way to get things done in our own way.
Government has occasionally come up with some wonderful schemes for the benefit of people BELOW POVERTY LINE. However, most of us never acknowledged that , the only reason being the beneficiaries are not the intended people. They are someone else. Someone who is in power and someone who is corrupted.
We would like to highlight the issues happened with one such scheme announced in 1999 and the way we successfully fought for it! Here is how..
And we are tired of promises that we know they will never keep.
Am sure the day has come to fight back. Corruption has never been compulsory. Similarly, giving bribes is not compulsory. Trust me, we have a way. We have a way to check and we have a way to get things done in our own way.
Government has occasionally come up with some wonderful schemes for the benefit of people BELOW POVERTY LINE. However, most of us never acknowledged that , the only reason being the beneficiaries are not the intended people. They are someone else. Someone who is in power and someone who is corrupted.
We would like to highlight the issues happened with one such scheme announced in 1999 and the way we successfully fought for it! Here is how..
Friday, June 4, 2010
Gas cylinder refillment -RTI Success story
One more achievement of Loksatta Saroor Nagar CHC to make all of us proud and to make all of us believe in the power of RTI.
Issue : We have got complaints that Gas agency dealer is sending the refillment request back saying that there should be a minimum gap of 21 days for the refillment which is actually not true.
What do the rules say : Rules say that refillment can be done immediately after 48 hours and it should be delivered to you within 24 hours. Any delays in this regard are legally questionable.
What have we done :We have raised a Complaint and filed RTI against the gas agency in Saroor Nagar area, which is not delivering the cylinders on time and thus causing issues to the people in the locality. It is also brought to our notice that they are illegally sending those cylinders to restauernts, hotels near by and gaining profit through it.
Actions taken :
Fight back when you face such situations. We are here to help. Please join us for a corruption free, 'developed' India.
All files have been uploaded here
Issue : We have got complaints that Gas agency dealer is sending the refillment request back saying that there should be a minimum gap of 21 days for the refillment which is actually not true.
What do the rules say : Rules say that refillment can be done immediately after 48 hours and it should be delivered to you within 24 hours. Any delays in this regard are legally questionable.
What have we done :We have raised a Complaint and filed RTI against the gas agency in Saroor Nagar area, which is not delivering the cylinders on time and thus causing issues to the people in the locality. It is also brought to our notice that they are illegally sending those cylinders to restauernts, hotels near by and gaining profit through it.
Actions taken :
- Complaint filed, has been addressed.
- The gas agency has lost the permission to supply the cylinders. It has been closed now, as per the news in Sakshi.
Fight back when you face such situations. We are here to help. Please join us for a corruption free, 'developed' India.
All files have been uploaded here
MGBS-Bus stand activity -Update
After all our efforts, it is only the results that keep us going.At the end of a tired day at work, it is only a fight won against the evil forces, that can bring a smile back on our face.
Remember the mail we have sent to you few days back regarding the work we have done in bus stations to get all the shops registered ?We are amused to see the results today.
Remember the mail we have sent to you few days back regarding the work we have done in bus stations to get all the shops registered ?We are amused to see the results today.
Success story of RTI - Raghavendra Infosys
Please find below the success story of Raghavendra, who fought with GHMC using RTI, since he was not getting yearly house tax. Please read till the end to know how he bacame successful in this regard. We appreciate Raghavendra for his efforts and his sincerity. If any of you are facing the same problem and looking for some help, please do write to us at : loksattasanjeevani@gmail.com or abdulazeez1984@gmail.com.
Presenting below, the complete details, in his own words .
I want to share my RTI success story which I filed to deputy commissioner GHMC regarding of not getting yearly house tax.
I raised a complaint to Deputy Commissioner GMHC on 2nd Aug 2008 stating that we are not getting yearly house tax and I am submitting required copies of registration papers of house and Please guide us so that we get house tax every year regularly.
I visited GMHC office literally 5-6 times before and after raising the complaint, there was no proper response from any official.
After I raised the complaint it got redirected to our area bill collector, The bill collector and the concerned tax inspector were in no mood to tell me the complete process involved in getting the tax.
If they tell us the proper procedure their importance will be gone and most importantly their alternate source of income will go for a toss may be main source of income.
They mention that document is not there this is not there and finally even after providing them all the require documents there is no progress.
At last I was able to know the reason for not getting tax, it is because our house number got deleted from their online data base.If I was ready to pay few hundreds my work would have been done in no time, they read my intention so my application was not moving forward.
This experience reminded me of serial Office Office(pankaj kapur starrer used to come in SAB TV) :).
Finally I got with busy with my own work and forgot the whole issue.
On 15th Mar 2010, I filed an RTI to Deputy Commissioner GMHC attaching the complaint I made on 2nd Aug 2008 requesting for the below information through registered post(it cost me 36 rs).
"Please send me the copies of documents regarding the actions taken by you on my complaint from the date of the complaint made"
A week later, the bill collector was at my door steps asking me sir why you have raised the complaint you would have called me once, I would have solved your problem. I told him I didn’t raise the complaint I just asked for the information he replied its more than a complaint for him now.
Later he requested me to cooperate and give him couple of days for the request to get completed.
Yesterday we received the documents by hand at our home related to the ID generation for paying the tax.
This time I didn’t even stepped out of my house, just filed an RTI that shows the power of RTI.
Couple of points to be noted:
Regards,
Raghav
Presenting below, the complete details, in his own words .
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Hi All,I want to share my RTI success story which I filed to deputy commissioner GHMC regarding of not getting yearly house tax.
I raised a complaint to Deputy Commissioner GMHC on 2nd Aug 2008 stating that we are not getting yearly house tax and I am submitting required copies of registration papers of house and Please guide us so that we get house tax every year regularly.
I visited GMHC office literally 5-6 times before and after raising the complaint, there was no proper response from any official.
After I raised the complaint it got redirected to our area bill collector, The bill collector and the concerned tax inspector were in no mood to tell me the complete process involved in getting the tax.
If they tell us the proper procedure their importance will be gone and most importantly their alternate source of income will go for a toss may be main source of income.
They mention that document is not there this is not there and finally even after providing them all the require documents there is no progress.
At last I was able to know the reason for not getting tax, it is because our house number got deleted from their online data base.If I was ready to pay few hundreds my work would have been done in no time, they read my intention so my application was not moving forward.
This experience reminded me of serial Office Office(pankaj kapur starrer used to come in SAB TV) :).
Finally I got with busy with my own work and forgot the whole issue.
On 15th Mar 2010, I filed an RTI to Deputy Commissioner GMHC attaching the complaint I made on 2nd Aug 2008 requesting for the below information through registered post(it cost me 36 rs).
"Please send me the copies of documents regarding the actions taken by you on my complaint from the date of the complaint made"
A week later, the bill collector was at my door steps asking me sir why you have raised the complaint you would have called me once, I would have solved your problem. I told him I didn’t raise the complaint I just asked for the information he replied its more than a complaint for him now.
Later he requested me to cooperate and give him couple of days for the request to get completed.
Yesterday we received the documents by hand at our home related to the ID generation for paying the tax.
This time I didn’t even stepped out of my house, just filed an RTI that shows the power of RTI.
Couple of points to be noted:
- If we are not getting proper response from any official let’s ask them to put the same on a paper and give it to us, we should not accept anything in oral.
- We can complain the same to higher authority still no response, file an RTI, RTI really Works.
Regards,
Raghav
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Thanks to Raghavendra again for providing the same RTI and also the complaint.
Monday, April 26, 2010
OMR/ANSWER SHEETS SHOULD BE PROVIDED TO EXAMINEE/STUDENT ON REQUEST UNDER RTI ACT
ANOTHER SUCCESS STORY OF LOKSATTA....
On request, any OMR/Answer Sheet has to be provided to the student/examinee, under RTI ACT. Mr. Srinivas Rao of Lok Satta Party helped one such examinee to get access to his answer sheets and also the key. Read on for more...
Mr.Y.Naresh, had appeared for the SI exam conducted by the State Level Police Recruitment Board (SLPRB) in the year 2008. The results were declared in the year 2009. On 14th March 2009, he filed an RTI application with the Public Information Officer (PIO), requesting him to provide Xerox copies of his OMR Sheets for Paper III, Paper IV and also the answer keys to his Paper III and Paper IV question paper booklets.
The PIO in his reply stated that he cannot divulge the OMR sheets as they are confidential. Mr. Naresh made a first appeal with the Appellate Authority on the 6th of April 2009. He too gave the same reply.
On 19th May 2009, he filed a second appeal with the AP Information Commission. The second appeal came for hearing in the AP Information Commission vide Case No.4434/ CIC/2009. The hearing was held in the presence of State Chief Information Commissioner Mr. C.D. Arha’s Chambers on 23rd April 2010.
The State Level Police Recruitment Board (SLPRB) was represented by Mr. Satyanarayana, IPS, Inspector General & PIO of the SLPRB. While, Mr. Naresh was represented by Mr. Ganji Sreenivasa Rao of Lok Satta Party, Incharge, CHC, Saroornagar and Mr. Sunand P.
The arguments were short and to the point:
Mr. Satyanarayana tried to reason that if OMR sheets are provided lots of candidates would be applying for them and they would have difficulty in daily administration. Mr. Arha opined that given the fact that he himself has recently directed the NTR Health University to provide answer sheets to an applicant (Dr. L. Srinivas vide Appeal No. 4192 /CIC/2009, Dt. 02- 02-2010) and the fact that the Central Information Commissioner, Mr. Wajahat Habibullah (vide cic.gov.in/CIC-Orders/WB-04032009-04.pdf page no.5 para 41) issued directions stating that OMR sheets and evaluated answer sheets should be provided to the applicants under the RTI Act, the stand of the SLPRB that OMR Sheets are confidential isn’t correct!
He also quoted that, “The Hon’ble High Court of Delhi while dealing with an appeal in a similar matter, challenging the order of the Central Information Commission directing to provide a certified copy of the answer sheet to a student, held that the answer sheet cannot be excluded from the purview of Right to Information Act and the examination authority cannot deny the same to students under the Act and directed the Institute of Charted Accountants of India to provide a certified copy of the paper to students under the RTI Act. The Hon’ble High Court of Delhi further observed that the RTI Act legitimately confers positive power to citizens and there should be no further delay in such matters.”
He directed the PIO, SLPRB to provide Mr. Naresh access to the photocopies of the OMR sheets and also the answer keys to his question paper booklets.
This judgment will bring in total transparency, accountability and ensure that the evaluation system runs absolutely fairly. This judgment along with the judgment of the Central Information Commissioner holds good for every examination conducted by any University and by any Public Authority. It would instill confidence in lakhs of people about the fairness of the examinations and their evaluation. And in case some mistake occurs, it provides a window of opportunity for their genuine grievance to be addressed.
He directed the PIO, SLPRB to provide Mr. Naresh access to the photocopies of the OMR sheets and also the answer keys to his question paper booklets.
This judgment will bring in total transparency, accountability and ensure that the evaluation system runs absolutely fairly. This judgment along with the judgment of the Central Information Commissioner holds good for every examination conducted by any University and by any Public Authority. It would instill confidence in lakhs of people about the fairness of the examinations and their evaluation. And in case some mistake occurs, it provides a window of opportunity for their genuine grievance to be addressed.
Here’s a toast to Transparency and Accountability!
REGARDS,
LOKSATTA PARTY.
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