The Hindu: Chennai: Monday, July 25,
2016.
Greater
Chennai Corporation has failed to maintain each of the five registers relating
to RTI Act.
Following
reports relating to denial of information by officials under RTI Act 2005, the
State government has asked Greater Chennai Corporation to maintain the five
registers pertaining to various aspects of RTI queries by residents. According
to estimates by officials, just 50 per cent of the RTI queries by residents in
the past year were answered.
As the State
Information Commission was unable to compile a list of RTI queries relating to
problems in providing information, the preparation of a comprehensive annual
report by the State Information Commission has been delayed. The five registers
to be maintained by the Corporation include RTI petition register, register of
payment of fees and charges under RTI fees rules, register of first appeal,
register of penalty and disciplinary action and register of compensation.