MINUTES OF THE MEETING , HELD ON THE RTI AND RTS ADJUDICATION AT HP SECRETARIAT SHIMLA BY GROUP MEMBERS ( REGD NO HPCD 3552).

Demand charter of the RTI welfare Association Registered number HPCD 3552 has been presented before the Additional Chief Secretary to Honourable Chief Minister Shri JC Sharma ji and Administrative reforms Shri Bhatnagar ji today on 22-11-2021 for which detailed discussions have too been made with the government representatives to accept the long pending demands of the RTI activists, volunteers and the Resource persons working for the welfare of society and circle and demanding charter of public accountability and transparency in the administration for which the office and authoritiy has agreed to arrange for the online schedule of RTI digital platforms and portals very soon as the work is going on the captioned subject matter deliberation required to be maintained for the online RTI facilitation .It was also agreed by the office and authoritiy that routine hearings of the RTI cases would be arranged at every district headquarter and the work in this regard has been started by the Commission and will continue .The matter was also discussed as regard to combination of applications and request to consider the joint representation of the RTI activists, volunteers and the Resource persons working for the welfare of society and circle as well as inthe interest of justice and transparency in the administration for which the RTI act publications and too the RTS act adjudication cases are dealt at one plateform of the office and authoritiy so there is no problem to accept the joint representation of the Applicants in the preview of Relief sought and prayer made by the Applicants before the FAA and SIC or CIC for which the PIO and designated officer may report the compliance to the FAA and SIC or CIC as the case may be as such the public service guarantee act 2011 has too been introduced by the government and the SIC in the state of HP has been authorised by the government to deal with the cases of the RTI and too the RTS act adjudication .The matter of the annual reports of the RTI performance made by each department and the PIOs has also been brought to the kind notice of the government to take cognizance of the pending reports and ask for the raised observations required to be submitted by the SIC before the appropriate government to verify the facts and figures of the work done and  short comings noticed by the commission for which the matter must be furnished in the interest of transpancy and accountability so that necessary improvement may be done on the basis of the annual reports however no such reports are yet furnished by the SIC as per the social audit report obtained from the respective office and authoritiy is a matter of fact and concern for which necessary work may be processed as per the explanation made by law code manual prefixed by the RTI act publications in the interest of justice and transparency.