Gadchiroli hosts RTI hearings for the first time since 2005 under outreach initiative.

Indian Express: Nagpur: Saturday, August 02, 2025.

Maharashtra Chief Information Commissioner Rahul Pande announced that all pending RTI appeal cases in Gadchiroli district up to 2023 have been completely resolved, achieving the goal of ‘zero pendency’ for that period.

The State Information Commission, under its ‘information commission at your doorstep’ initiative, held its first-ever direct hearing in Gadchiroli. Decisions were delivered on 100 second-appeal cases filed under the Right to Information Act. The hearing was organised at Niyojan Bhavan in the presence of Maharashtra Chief Information Commissioner Rahul Pande, and Nagpur Bench Information Commissioner Gajanan Nimdeo.

Pande announced that all pending RTI appeal cases in Gadchiroli district up to 2023 have been completely resolved, achieving the goal of ‘zero pendency’ for that period. He added that another hearing would be organised soon to clear all appeals from 2024-25. He expressed hope that with the cooperation of the district administration, citizens’ rights will be nurtured with more vigor.

The two State Information Commissioners instructed the Public Information and Appellate Officers present to dispose of cases under the Right to Information Act, 2005, promptly. They also called for increased public awareness to effectively implement the right to information.