Livemint:
New Delhi: Wednesday, May 29, 2019.
All
central government departments have been asked to make public the details of
compassionate appointments under consideration on their website, a senior
official said Tuesday.
The
move comes following an order by the Central Information Commission (CIC) in
this regard.
The
Ministry of Personnel had on May 20 issued an order to all central government
departments seeking compliance of the directive of the CIC.
The
commission, while hearing a case, observed that a voluntary disclosure of all
information that ought to be displayed in the public domain should be the rule
and members of public who having to seek information should be an exception.
"An
open government, which is the cherished objective of the RTI Act, can be
realised only if all public offices comply with proactive disclosure
norms," it said in the order.
Section
4(2) of the RTI Act mandates every public authority to provide as much information
suo-motu to the public at regular intervals through various means of
communications, including the Internet, so that the public need not resort to
the use of the RTI Act, the transparency watchdog said.
"The
Commission felt that details on compassionate appointment which were in a
waiting list of all the ministries and autonomous institutions under the
Government of India and policy/directives relating to compassionate
appointment, etc. should be suo-motu uploaded on their website to facilitate
access to information and efficaciousness of the RTI Act," it said.
After
hearing submissions made from all concerned, the commission said such
information should be displayed on the website of each of the institutions
governed by the DoPT under the personnel ministry for the benefit of employees
and public at large.
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