Need for creating awareness about RTI Act

The Hindu: Vijayawada: Wednesday, 04 March 2015.

State Information Commissioner P. Vijayababu on Tuesday said that officials and people should be aware of Right to Information (RTI) Act completely. Participating in a review meeting held at sub-collector’s office here, he said an inquiry was conducted in over 50 cases.

Of them, 19 cases were struck down, while show cause notices were issued in eight cases. A majority of cases that come up for inquiry were related to land disputes. He asked officials to look into the allegations relating to temple land encroachments.

He underscored the need to take up a campaign for creating more awareness about the RTI Act. “It is the responsibility of officials concerned to give information to the applicants,” he said adding that necessary action would be taken against the authorities for trying to misuse the Act. He later addressed a meeting at Montessori College here.

Officials and people should be aware of RTI Act completely. It is the responsibility of officials concerned to give information to applicants.