Herald Goa: Panaji: Friday, 02 September 2022.
Adv Aires Rodrigues has filed a petition before the Goa State Information Commission (GSIC) challenging the order passed by the Secretary (Legislature) Namrata Ulman, who is also the designated First Appellate Authority under the Right to Information (RTI) Act rejecting his appeal against the order of the Goa Legislature public information officer (PIO) Mohan Gaonkar declining to furnish information sought by him.
Pointing out that Ulman’s order was illegal, perverse, bad and contrary to law, Rodrigues in his petition has stated that the RTI Act was intended to furnish information and not to deny it.
Stating that the veil of secrecy at the Goa Legislature Secretariat was unlawful and unacceptable, Rodrigues has further submitted that transparency of information was vital in curbing corruption and making the government and its instrumentalities accountable.
Stating that the denying of information was illegal and untenable, Rodrigues also submitted that the grounds used to refuse information was a total ruse and that the unjustifiable grounds to wrongly deny information were unsustainable.
He had sought a copy of the file notings, correspondence and expenditure pertaining to the two-day training workshop for MLAs held on June 27 and 28 at a starred hotel in Panjim.
Adv Aires Rodrigues has filed a petition before the Goa State Information Commission (GSIC) challenging the order passed by the Secretary (Legislature) Namrata Ulman, who is also the designated First Appellate Authority under the Right to Information (RTI) Act rejecting his appeal against the order of the Goa Legislature public information officer (PIO) Mohan Gaonkar declining to furnish information sought by him.
Pointing out that Ulman’s order was illegal, perverse, bad and contrary to law, Rodrigues in his petition has stated that the RTI Act was intended to furnish information and not to deny it.
Stating that the veil of secrecy at the Goa Legislature Secretariat was unlawful and unacceptable, Rodrigues has further submitted that transparency of information was vital in curbing corruption and making the government and its instrumentalities accountable.
Stating that the denying of information was illegal and untenable, Rodrigues also submitted that the grounds used to refuse information was a total ruse and that the unjustifiable grounds to wrongly deny information were unsustainable.
He had sought a copy of the file notings, correspondence and expenditure pertaining to the two-day training workshop for MLAs held on June 27 and 28 at a starred hotel in Panjim.
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