The Hans India: Tirupati: Monday,
July 18, 2016.
State
Information Commissioner P Vijay Babu observed that the higher officials are
apathetic in implementing the Right to Information (RTI) Act.
At a two-day
regional-level meeting which concluded here on Saturday, Vijay Babu took up the
pending RTI applications pertaining to corporations, municipalities, District
Water Management Agency (DWMA) and District Rural Development Agency (DRDA) of
Rayalaseema and Nellore districts.
In all, 70
pending cases in five districts were reviewed in the two-day hearing in which
Information Commissioner ordered to issue show cause notice to two officials
including the Commissioner of Kadapa Municipal Corporation and Kalayadurg
Municipal Commissioner for their failure to attend the review meeting here.
Speaking to
the media, Vijay Babu said that most of the officials deputing lower rung staff
to attend the meeting revealing the negligence which will not be tolerated. The
PIOs should attend the meeting and cooperate with the Information Commission to
dispose the pending applications seeking information on various matters, he
added. Implementing RTI Act effectively is rather imperative to ensure
transparency in government administration, he said and sought the support of
media, voluntary organisations and citizens concerned for creating awareness
about the RTI Act.
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