The Hindu: Thiruvananthapuram: Saturday,
July 16, 2016.
The State
government and the State Information Commission (SIC) appear to be on a
collision course with the latter insisting on the government releasing
information relating to Cabinet decisions under the Right to Information Act
and the government refusing to heed its order.
The
commission had issued the order based on a petition filed by RTI activist D.B.
Binu. Although the request was for documents relating to the several controversial
decisions taken by the Oommen Chandy Cabinet, the new government is reported to
be of the view that releasing the documents relating to the last government
would compel it to do so whenever there is a similar request about its own
decisions.
The Left
Democratic Front (LDF) was highly critical of the Oommen Chandy for its refusal
to provide information regarding its decisions under the RTI Act, but has
chosen not to provide the same information now.
Meanwhile,
State Information Commissioner Vinson M. Paul told a TV channel that nobody had
approached him with the complaint that information on Cabinet decisions sought
under provisions RTI Act was not being released. If there was any such
complaint, the commission would certainly look into it and take legal measures,
he said.
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