Outlook India: Srinagar: Saturday, December 23, 2017.
The Jammu and
Kashmir State Information Commission (SIC) has initiated penalty proceedings
against public information officers in more than 25 cases for delaying in
responding to appeals and complaints, an official spokesman said.
The
proceedings have been initiated under Section 17 of the Jammu and Kashmir RTI
Act, 2009, the spokesman said.
He said the
SIC can impose a penalty on the PIOs at the rate of Rs 250 per day of delay
beyond 30 days after the RTI application was filed, subject to a maximum of Rs
25,000.
The SIC is
also empowered to recommend disciplinary actions against the PIOs.
Since March
this year, the SIC has held more than 600 hearings in Srinagar and Jammu, and
through video links with appellants, complainants, PIOs and first appellate
authorities from Kargil, Poonch, Udhampur, Doda and Kishtwar, the spokesman
said.
The SIC has
cleared more than 225 appeals and complaints between March and November this
year, he added.
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