The Hans India: Madanapalle: Tuesday,
May 03, 2016.
Right to
Information Act (RTI) commissioner Lam Thanthia Kumari slapped a penalty of Rs
60,000 on two Tahsildars for failing to provide the information sought by the
applicants.
Lam Thanthia
Kumari imposes a penalty of Rs 60,000 on two tahsildars for failing to provide
the information sought by the applicants.
Thanthia
Kumar on Monday took up the hearing on appeals related to RTI cases, pertaining
to Revenue department including mandal revenue offices in Madanapalli division
here at sub-collector’s office.
RTI
commissioner after finding that the Piler Tahsildar had deliberately denied the
information sought by five applicants slapped a penalty of Rs 10,000 for each
case amounting to Rs 50,000 in total.
She also
imposed a penalty of Rs 10,000 on Rompicherla Tahsildar for not providing the
information sought by an applicant within the stipulated time of 30 days.
This apart,
she also ordered officials concerned to issue show-cause notices in 12 cases:
in four cases against Madanapalli Tahsildar, in two cases against Sadum
Tahsildar, one each against Peddapanjani, Chinnagottigallu, Peddamandyam and
Valimikipuram Tahsildars. Five cases were settled while the hearing on one case
was postponed to next meeting.
Speaking on
the occasion, the RTI commissioner made it clear that the onus of the effective
implementation of the RTI Act at district-level lies with the district
collector, SP and district revenue officer (DRO).
“They should
take steps to ensure proper implementation of RTI Act and also raise awareness
about the same in association with NGOs,” she said.
Along with
the applicants, she said the PIOs concerned should also make themselves
available during the hearing on the appeals and warned if they found to be
suppressing any information sought by an applicant.
She wanted
everyone to come together to ensure proper implementation of RTI Act to ensure
transparency from grass-root level.
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