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Hindu: KALABURAGI: Monday, 09 February 2015.
The Karnataka
Information Commission (KIC) has directed the Principal Secretary of the Urban
Development Department and the Directorate of Municipal Administration to
appoint a senior officer of the Joint Secretary level to inquire into the
lapses committed by the Kalaburagi City Corporation. Stringent action must be
taken against the officers responsible for the abnormal delay in providing
information sought under the Right To Information (RIT) Act, it said.
State
Information Commissioner Shankar R. Patil, in an order pronounced in an open
court on January 22, imposed a fine of Rs. 5,000 on the Health Officer of the
corporation Hanumanth Gowda. Mr. Gowda, who is also in-charge Public
Information Officer, failed to implement the directions the commission issued
earlier, he said.
It also
passed an order asking the corporation to pay a compensation of Rs. 2,000 to
petitioner Sangamnatha B. Hiregowda.
He had filed
an application under the RTI way back in November 2011, seeking information
from the corporation about the procedure followed for hiring tractors to shift
garbage from the city to a land fill site, the number of tractors owned by the
corporation etc.
After the
city corporation authorities failed to provide the information , Mr. Hiregowda
filed an appeal before the KIC and the Commission.Order
The State
Information Commissioner, in his order, noted that the commission issued orders
in July 2013, December 2013, April 2014, June 2014 and October 2014 directing
the Corporation to furnish all information sought by the applicant with
intimation to the Commission.
However, the
information sought by the applicant has not yet been provided. The case is
posted for further hearing on March 2.
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