Times of India: Goa: Thursday, June 07, 2018.
The Goa State
Information Commission (GSIC) has directed secretary to Goa governor to file
his reply on a complaint seeking appointment of public information officer
(PIO) at Raj Bhavan to provide information to the public under the RTI Act.
Posting the
matter for hearing before the chief information commissioner on June 13, the commission
has asked the secretary to file the reply along with supporting documents.
Advocate
Aires Rodrigues has filed a complaint under Section 18 (1) (a) of the RTI Act.
He alleged that as the Goa Raj Bhavan is covered under the definition of public
authority, its failure to appoint a PIO was illegal and without reasonable
cause.
In 2011, the
high court of Bombay at Goa had held that the Goa governor fell within the
scope of a ‘public authority’ under the RTI Act.
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