Greater Kashmir: Srinagar: Friday, June 08, 2018.
The deputy
commissioners (DCs) have failed to adhere to the High Court direction over
conducting awareness workshops on Right to Information Act (RTI) in their
respective districts.
The High Court
had sought response from government over implementation of section 4 and
section 23 of Jammu and Kashmir RTI Act 2009.
However, DCs
across state have failed to submit the details of implementation of these
sections to the government through General Administration Department (GAD).
Earlier, the
GAD had issued two notices to all DC’s of the state asking them to submit details
of awareness programmes or workshops conducted on J&K RTI Act 2009, but
there was no responded to these notices until public interest litigation (PIL)
was filed.
“Government
is under legal obligation…for people, especially those hailing from disadvantaged
communities. But such programmes are hardly undertaken in state,” said Dr Raja
Muzaffar Bhat, who has filed PIL in this regard. GKNN
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