Nagpur Today: Nagpur: Tuesday, July 31, 2018.
Right to
Information (RTI) activists Shekhar Kolte has lodged an online complaint
demanding disciplinary action against RTI officers Giriguse and Revatkar posted
at the office of education department at Parseoni. Kolte has forwarded the
complaint also to the Governor and the Chief Minister.
As per
information, Shekhar Kolte had sought two information from panchayat samiti’s
education department office and he was supposed to get its reply within 48
hours under Section 7 of the RTI Act. However RTI officer Giriguse didn’t
provide any information to Kolte. When Kolte enquired over phone, Giriguje
asked him to come to office to take the reply.
On this, the
applicant went to Khaparkheda despite heavy rains. But Giriguje made him sit in
the office for an hour and then informed that the information was not ready.
Kolte lodged a written complaint against Giriguje at the same office for the
physical and mental stress he suffered.
When Kolte
again went to the office, he was told that the RTI officer had changed. When
the applicant approached new RTI officer Revatkar, he was told that reply on
only one of his two applications was ready. He was asked to pay State Bank
challan for 10-page reply.
When the
applicant offered to pay the challan at the office itself, he was told that
there was no receipt in the office. Later, when Kolte approached the education
officer, he was provided the reply on his application without any charges.
Kolte alleged
that Giriguje didn’t do anything for five days to file reply on his
application. The incident clearly indicated that there is no trained RTI
officer at panchayat samite office. Moreover, nobody in the office wants to
handle the RTI section.
RTI activist
Shekhar Kolte has therefore sent online complaint to the Governor, the Chief
Minister, Rural Development Minister, Guardian Minister and the District
Collector seeking disciplinary action against the two erring officers.
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