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सूचना का अधिकार अधिनियम के ५ वर्ष पूरे होने पर सरकारी तंत्र कि इस पर उदासीनता एवं सूचना आ योग कि निष्क्रियता और निरंकुशता के कारण देश भर में वर्ष २००९-१० में १० साथियो के शहीद हो&#2344 ;े पर अलग अलग शहरों में कार्यरत सूचना के सिपाहियों में एक निराशा सी आने लगी थी जिसकी एक वज&#23 61; यह भी रही कि पूरे देश में हज़ारो के संख्या में लोग छोटे छोटे समूह बनाकर बड़े बड़े भ्रष्टाचा&# 2352;ो के कारनामे उजागर करने में लगे होने के पश्चात भी कोई संगठित तंत्र अभी तक नहीं खडा कर सके इन सभी से व्यथित होकर उत्तर प्रदेश के कुछ कार्यकर्ताओं ने एक पहल करते हुवे दिनांक ३० एवं & amp;#2409;१ अक्टोबर २०१० में विभिन्न जिलो से अलीगढ शहर में एकत्रित होकर प्रांत में व्याप्त सूचन&a mp;#2366; अधिकार एवं उससे सम्बंधित अनियमितता, आयोग का सरकारी तंत्र के बचाव में कानून विरोधी निर&am p;#2381;णय प्रदान करना आदि पर गहन चिंतन मंथन के पश्चात सर्वसम्मति से निर्णय लेते हुवे समस्त प्&am p;#2352;ांत के सूचना कार्यकर्ताओं के विभिन्न संगठनो को एक सूत्र में पिरोने हेतु एक महासंघ RTI COUNCIL OF U.P. क&#2 375; गठन कि घोषणा कि जो कि प्रथम चरण में जिलास्तर के सभी संगठनो को इससे जोडने का कार्य करेगी ज&am p;#2367;ससे सभी संगठनो में बेहतर तालमेल कायम हो सके इसके कार्य को सुचारू रूप से चलाने हेतु १५ सद& amp;#2360;्यों की एक गवर्निंग बोडी के गठन के साथ साथ संयोजक के तौर पर श्री अनिल जानी, मेरठ एवं श्री &#2 309;खिलेश सक्सेना , लखनऊ कि नियुक्ति करते हुवे आने वाले ४५ दिनों में एक बैठक कर अपनी कार्य वृ& #2340;्ति का ब्यौरा प्रस्तुत करेंगे
On completion of 5 years of Information Act , the passivity and indifference of the government machinery that and Information Commission throughout the country in 2009-10 to 10 activists working in different cities were killed. This resulted in a kind of disappointment , the reason is also that thousands of people across the country has formed small small groups and started digging out information of all the big cases of corruptions . the irony is that they never thought of this situation and be united nationwide or state wise,
Through all these distressed , some workers of Uttar Pradesh taken an initiative and invited people across the state on 30 and 31 October at Aligarh for consultation and discuss the situation as created by the Public Information Officers of various Govt. Department , and the illegal decision of the Commission acting as an agent to various government departments. After thorough day long discussions and deliberations evolved a furmula and decided to furm a federation of all the RTI activists of the Same in the name of RTI COUNCIL OF U.P. To improve the coordination of all possible organizations to work it to run smoothly , formed a 15-member Governing Body with the coordinator as Shri Anil Jani , Meerut and Mr. Akhilesh Saxena, Lucknow
The Governing body will meet again within 45 days to take stocks of the progress made.

IT IS EARNESTLY REQUESTED THAT ALL THE INDIVIDUAL ORGANISATIONS, NGO, INDIVIDUALS SHOULD JOIN THIS COUNCIL INORDER TO STRENGHTEN THE CAUSE OF RTI MOVEMENT IN UTTAR PRADESH>
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I filed RTI applicatioin on UP Govt. and not getting proper reply.
can I help from you all brother in the task.
I will share my RTI application.

Dear Dr Manmohan Singh,

Dear all,

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Activists-lament-courts-going-soft-on-RTI-offenders/Article1-620907.aspx

The trend of government officials approaching the High Court against the Central Information Commission's (CIC) decision imposing fines on PIOs for delay in information to applicants under the RTI Act has started a debate amongst the RTI activists. Activists said very few information commissioners have levied monetary fine on the Public Information Officers (PIOs), who do not comply with the provisions of the Right to Information (RTI) Act.

And now the decisions of those who impose fine are being challenged in the court.

Two recent instances saw the Delhi High Court reduce the penalty imposed on the PIOs for not providing information on time.

In case of Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) vs Atma Prakash Mehta case, justice S Muralidharan had reduced the penalty.

He ordered for the penalty on the MCD official to be reduced from Rs 18,500 to Rs 7,000, to be recovered from him in two equal installments of Rs 3,500 per month in view of the "facts and circumstances" of the case.

Gaurang Kant, the lawyer who represented Mehta, said, "The CIC had imposed the fine in excess by way of two orders against the same appeal."

In the RA Haritash vs Anand Bhushan case, the Delhi High Court took it on record that the information was ultimately

provided on March 27, 2010, when the application under RTI was originally filed on November 4, 2009.

The PIO claimed he had joined on November 18, 2009, 14 days after the RTI application was filed.

The HC ordered reduction of the penalty from Rs 25,000 (to be recovered from the official's salary) to just Rs 2,500 (to be recovered from his salary in 10 installments).

Vibhav Kumar, an activist-member of NGO Kabir, said, "Overall it seems that the judiciary is working to weaken the RTI Act. Orders like this wherein penalty amount is reduced will encourage more PIOs to not give information on time."

However, RTI activist Lokesh Batra, points out another aspect.

"Only if the Honourable High Court is convinced by the PIO that the delay was beyond his control for a certain period, then the Court is justified in reducing the penalty."

"However, even if the penalty has been reduced, the High Court has held the PIO guilty of delay and thus upheld the CIC decision."

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