Onmanorama:
Kannur: Monday, June 03, 2019.
The
Kerala Information Commissioner has ordered action against information ofcers
attached with the Kannur district collectorate and district medical ofce for
the delay in responding to RTI queries. The order is to slap a ne of Rs 250 per
day for the delayed period to a maximum total amount of Rs 25,000.
The
State Information Commission also directed that the ne should be levied on the
information officer of the Thalassery Cooperative Engineering College.
The
commission also asked the department ofcials concerned to expedite the process,
which had been delayed citing many reason, of providing information to the RTI
(Right to Information) applicants.
Orders
were issued to the deputy collector of the Kannur collectorate, who gave
information to an RTI applicant over phone, to provide the relevant data in
writing to the applicant. 'The commission redressed 19 out of 20 complaints
that were lodged from the district.
State
Information Commissioner Dr K L Vivekanandan said that ofcials were not serious
about many provisions of the RTI Act.
The
commission has decided to take strict action against erring officials.
Efforts
are on to clear backlog of cases. Every member of the commission would look
into 200 cases per month, Vivekanandan said.
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