‘Dispose of queries under RTI in time’

The Hindu: Karnataka: Wednesday, June 27, 2018.

Suchethana Swaroop, State Chief Information Commissioner, said on Tuesday that the officers concerned should dispose of applications submitted by applicants seeking information under the Right to Information (RTI) Act at their level within a limited time-frame.

Chairing a meeting of officers at the District Offices Complex auditorium here, Dr. Swaroop said that it was incumbent upon officers to keep suitable records of the information provided by them to applicants. The information should compulsorily be provided under registered post, he said.

The officers should provide the information available with them to the applicants. If the information sought was not available, this too should be intimated to the applicants. Instead of giving incomplete information and delayed information, the officers should give clear information, he said.

If the applications were disposed of at the local level, then there was no reason for applicants to approach the State Information Commission, Dr. Swaroop said.

Shivananda Kapashi, CEO of Zilla Panchayat, G. Anuradha, Additional Deputy Commissioner, and public information officers of various departments were present.