Business Standard: Mathura: Friday,
May 13, 2016.
Taking
exception to their not providing information under the Right to Information
(RTI) Act, UP State Information Commissioner Gajendra Yadav has slapped a fine
ofRs 25,000 each on 10 officers, including an Additional District Magistrate.
The officers
have been asked to remainpresent personally on the next date of hearing.
"Be
present personally on the next date of hearing to explain the delay," the
order said.
They have
also been asked to "provide information" to the applicantwithin 10
days.
The officers
ADM(law and order) Surendra Kumar Sharma, Executive Engineer EDD (Kosi Kalan)
SK Tyagi, Panchayat Raj officer RP Yadav, Tahsildar(Mat) Rati Ram Yadav,
DIOSMukesh Raizada, Tahsildar (Sadar) RK Yadav, BDO (Naujheel) Shiv Pratap
Singh, Assistant Labour Commissioner AK Singh, Chief Medical Superintendent Dr
KP Garg and Bal Vikas Pariyojna Adhikari Raya have been found guilty of not providing
the information in time.
They have
also been found guilty of being indifferent and slow in providing information
to the applicant and disobeying the orders of the State Information
Commissioner on the second appeal of the applicants.