Free Press Journal: Mumbai: Thursday,
April 20, 2017.
The
Maharashtra Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) has directed the government
authorities to create an e-register providing details of the applications filed
under RTI Act, and also upload the information on the websites so that people
can access it.
Maharashtra CIC Ratnakar Gaikwad passed the
order on Tuesday after hearing a complaint filed by the former Central
Information Commissioner Shai- lesh Gandhi.
Gandhi had
said that as of now all the RTI applications submitted by citizens are being
entered in a physical register maintained by the public information officer
(PIO/APIO) in every office.
“As a result,
while the PIO knows the number and status of the RTI applications in his/her
office, there is no mechanism by which senior officers and Heads of Departments
can track the status of such applications. Even an applicant is currently
forced to keep contacting the concerned office to find out the status of the
application,” Gandhi’s complaint said.
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