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Monday, July 25, 2011
UPSIC invents yet another draconian procedure to harass info-seekers
UPSIC invents yet another draconian procedure to harass info-seekers Do you want to deposit second appeals in the office of Uttar Pradesh State Information Commission ? Beware ! You are sure to be entangled in UPSIC's self-proclaimed draconian procedure that compels you to first get your appeals marked by the Secretary of the information commission , only then the clerk shall receive your application and give you a receipt. The receipt counter is open upto 2 P.M. only , the time when the secretary of UPSIC can be seen seated with the PIOs ( read Public Servants ) and so , barring few daring info-seekers/activists , all are not able to reach the secretary and get their appeals marked . Many of them are forced to grease the palms of the clerks at receipt counter to get their appeals received . Going by the letter & spirit of the RTI Act 2005 , this process should be as easy as one can ever think of , but in reality the process is being made so cumbersome that the info-seekers are a demoralized lot as soon as they enter the UPSIC . When enquired deeply , I came to know that there is no such written order of any competent authority to this effect but only verbal understanding of UPSIC officials to carryon the draconian procedure to demoralize the info seeker in any possible way. Urvashi Sharma Secretary – YAISHWARYAJ Seva Sansthan Helpline - 8081898081 |
21 लाख हजम कर गए सीआईसी!कम्प्यूटरीकरण के नाम पर मिले पैसों का आयोग नहीं दे रहा हिसाब
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UPSIC invents yet another draconian procedure to harass info-seekers
Do you want to deposit second appeals in the office of Uttar Pradesh
State Information Commission ? Beware ! You are sure to be entangled
in UPSIC's self-proclaimed draconian procedure that compels you to
first get your appeals marked by the Secretary of the information
commission , only then the clerk shall receive your application and
give you a receipt.
The receipt counter is open upto 2 P.M. only , the time when the
secretary of UPSIC can be seen seated with the PIOs ( read Public
Servants ) and so , barring few daring info-seekers/activists , all
are not able to reach the secretary and get their appeals marked .
Many of them are forced to grease the palms of the clerks at receipt
counter to get their appeals received .
Going by the letter & spirit of the RTI Act 2005 , this process
should be as easy as one can ever think of , but in reality the
process is being made as cumbersome as possible so that the
info-seekers are a demoralized lot as soon as they enter the UPSIC .
When enquired deeply , I came to know that there is no such written
order of any competent authority of UPSIC or the Government but only
verbal understanding of UPSIC officials to carryon the draconian
procedure to demoralize the info seeker in any possible way .
Urvashi Sharma
Secretary – YAISHWARYAJ Seva Sansthan
Helpline - 8081898081
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उर्वशी शर्मा
"सूचना का अधिकार " हेल्पलाइन: 8081898081
yaishwaryaj@gmail.com
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Million lost in U.P.S.I.C. wilderness! Rs. 21 Lakhs sent by Centre for computerization of U.P.S.I.C. are untraceable
Rs. 21 Lakhs sent by Centre for computerization of U.P.S.I.C. are untraceable .
In Uttar Pradesh, the watchdog of transparency is too shy to be
transparent enough to disclose the details of funds received by it
from the Central Government .
The Central Government released funds under centrally sponsored scheme
for digitalization of various State Information Commissions with the
precondition that the money could only be spent on digitalization and
no hardware could be purchased out of this grant. Uttar Pradesh State
Information Commissions got Rs. 21 Lakhs from Centre. This was
revealed by Ministry of Personnel , Public Grievances and Pensions in
a RTI reply . " Rs. 21 Lakhs have been allocated to the state of Uttar
Pradesh for IT enablement " reads the reply of D.O.P.T. The issue was
raised by Secretary of Lucknow based Social Group YAISHWARYAJ Seva
Sansthan.
The U.P.S.I.C. received 2.1 million rupees in the name of the
computerization of the Information Commission but it has refused to
divulge details. Uploading of Information Commissioners' orders on
Commission's website could not be started yet. The failure to do so is
highly irresponsible act of officials of commission .
Public Information Officer Mata Prasad had admitted in a written
response sent to the Secretary of Lucknow based Social Group
YAISHWARYAJ Seva Sansthan that they have not started action so far and
also that no single official can be held responsible for failure of
U.P.S.I.C. to upload its orders on the website .
The RTI reply has other dark facts like there is no record of interim
orders of information commissioners and orders are not available in
digital form at all .
" We have written to the Governor of Uttar Pradesh to intervene and
take action as the situation is highly undesirable and detrimental to
the RTI act in Uttar Pradesh " said Vishnu Dutt Mishra , the treasurer
of YAISHWARYAJ.
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उर्वशी शर्मा
"सूचना का अधिकार " हेल्पलाइन: 8081898081
yaishwaryaj@gmail.com
Friday, July 22, 2011
Defunct UPSIC in News : DNA Lucknow Edition 23 July 2011 Page 1
http://www.dailynewsactivist.com/Details.aspx?id=14283&boxid=90355612&eddate=7%2f23%2f2011
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उर्वशी शर्मा
"सूचना का अधिकार " हेल्पलाइन: 8081898081
yaishwaryaj@gmail.com
21 लाख हजम कर गए सीआईसी!कम्प्यूटरीकरण के नाम पर मिले पैसों का आयोग नहीं दे रहा हिसाब
-- Urvashi Sharma RTI Helpmail( Web Based ) aishwaryaj2010@gmail.com Mobile Rti Helpline 8081898081 ( 8 A.M. to 10 P.M. ) |






