Your Story.com: Sunday, October 08, 2023.
The petitioner had filed an RTI application seeking several details regarding the redress of grievances by the UIDAI which was denied to him.
The Delhi High Court has asked the Unique Identification Authority of India ( UIDAI ) to provide, under the RTI Act, a copy of its agreement The high court said the agreements can be provided by UIDAI under the Right to Information (RTI) Act excepting the non-disclosure agreements "The confidentiality is to be maintained by the agencies only for the purpose of ensuring that the details of the individuals are not revealed to a third The high court said transparency forms the core of good governance and promotes efficiency and effectiveness in the functioning of the government.
"The abovesaid details can be redacted from the agreement and the copies of the agreement, after redacting such portions, can be provided to the Petitioner. The high court passed the order on a plea by lawyer Prashant Reddy T challenging an order passed by the Central Information Commission (CIC).
"This court is of the opinion that all the agreements entered into between the UIDAI and the external organizations which were engaged in handling the grievances.
The petitioner had filed an RTI application seeking several details regarding the redress of grievances by the UIDAI which was denied to him. The CIC ordered the Central Public Information Officer of UIDAI to disclose the figures of the staff handling the grievance redress work and then The high court said it does not see any reason as to why the contracts entered into between UIDAI and the third party cannot be given under the RTI. The contracts have been entered into pursuant to the tenders and, therefore, it is necessary that there is complete transparency regarding the way the The court said the petitioner has not sought details of the individuals which the external organization would be handling.
"The contract entered into by the UIDAI with an external organization shall also, therefore, be considered as information' which will come within th "The contract which has been entered into by the UIDAI with an external organization for the purpose of handling grievance redressal on its behalf.
"This court is of the opinion that all the agreements entered into between the UIDAI and the external organizations which were engaged in handling grievance redressal mechanism of the UIDAI can be provided excepting the non-disclosure agreements entered into with the personnel and also the details of individuals who will be covered under the agreement," the high court said"
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