Friday, July 29, 2016

Hafiz Usman has penalised eight government officials with a fine of Rs 25,000 each

Daily Pioneer‎‎‎‎‎‎: Lucknow: Friday, July 29, 2016.
State Information Commissioner Hafiz Usman has penalised eight government officials with a fine of Rs 25,000 each, for  not replying to queries of the Information Commission sought under the Right to Information (RTI) Act. Among them, four each are from Rampur and Bijnore of west UP.
As per a communiqué released on Thursday, eight officials were issued show cause notices for replying to queries of the Commission within 30 days time which they did not within the stipulated time and were hence fined.
The officials fined are City Magistrate Rampur, Chief Medical Officer Rampur, District Inspector of Schools Rampur, Deputy CMO Rampur, District Minority Welfare Officer Bijnore, CMO Bijnore, Block Development Officer Kotwali Bijnore and Block Development Officer of Haldaur in Bijnore.