Friday, July 03, 2015

'Don't call RTI applicants to inspect documents unnecessarily'

Business Standard: Mumbai: Friday, 03 July 2015.
Maharashtra information commissioner has directed the state government that it should not call the RTI applicants to inspect the documents unnecessarily.
The order was passed following a request filed by RTI activist and former Central Information Commissioner Shailesh Gandhi.
In a request to the Chief Information Commissioner Ratnakar Gaikwad, Gandhi had urged Commission to apply the rule issued by Mumbai civic corporation on June 19 which says if a person has not applied for the inspection of the documents and the information he/she has requested is not voluminous, he/she should not be asked to come for inspection of the documents.