Rising Kashmir: Srinagar: Wednesday, May 31, 2017.
The
government has today asked all the administrative secretaries and Public
Authorities of the state to ensure effective implementation of the RTI Act 2009
by designating the PIOs at earliest and notify their names in public domain.
In an order
issued today it has been impressed upon all the administrative Secretaries and
Public Authorities of the State to ensure effective implementation of the
provisions of Section 5(1) and 5(2) of Right to Information Act, 2009 by
appointing PIOs and FAAs of an appropriate seniority wherever it has not been
done or where no substitutes have been designated after the transfer or
retirement of the existing PIOs and FAAs.
The GAD order
further impressed upon all the concerned officials to notify the names of the
PIOs and FAAs in the public domain through the websites of the respective
departments for the convenience of the information seekers.
The order has
been issued after it was observed that PIOs and FAAs have not been designated
in various departments and have not been notified and placed in the public
domain through the websites of the respective departments.