Web India: National: Thursday, February 02, 2017.
Right to
Information act (RTI) Commissioner P Vijaya Babu ruled that the Progressive
Civil Protection Act, Right to Information Act should not be used for personal
gains or to harass any of the employees and warned that if any such act is
reported it would be dealt with firmly.
He made this
observation during his inquiry conducted at the Collectorate here today on the
appeals under RTI Act received from East Godavari, West Godavari, Visakhapatnam
and Srikakulam districts pertaining to Revenue and Panchayat Raj departments.
Giving his decision on an appeal filed by one individual from Srikakulam, the
Commissioner has ruled that the individual appeals were appearing that they
were aimed at employees for personal gain and directed to pass common order not
to entertain any such appeals hereafter from that individual. In this context,
he has quoted the judgements given by the High Court and Supreme Court in such
cases.
Such acts
would affect the day to day work of the employees both mentally and physically
and become burden some to government' he remarked. In another appeal, the
Commissioner has directed the gram panchayat officials of Dowlesweram village
in East Godavari district to pay compensation of Rs.22,000 to the victims for
medical treatment, who were attacked by hooligans for seeking information
relating to permissions given by the Panchayat for buildings construction.
In this
connection the commissioner has quoted the GO No : 33086 which suggests
conducting of a thorough inquiry every month by the district collector and
police authorities under CRPC and IPC sections for taking suitable action.
Accordingly, he has ordered for an inquiry by the Revenue and police
authorities on that particular incident and submit their report to the
commission within 20days .The commissioner has examined twenty appeals and
disposed them off.UNI XC-DP CS 2020
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