COMPLAINTS AGAINST THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICERS BROUGHT TO THE NOTICE OF APPROPRIATE GOVT AND THE CIC AS INFORMATIONS ARE NOT PROVIDED BY THE PIOs BY NAME AND TAKING NO COGNIZANCE OF THE SUBJECT MATTER CONFIRMATION.

The matter related to the by name and designation of post required to be mentioned in the RTI informations issued by the Public information officers is not followed by the number of Public information officers for which a Complaint has been registerd before the honourable CIC on 24-2-2023 while on the visit for hearings at Bilaspur Himachal Pradesh however no cognizance taken by the office and authority for which the matter was again reminded to the CIC today on 9-3-2023 while in the office at Shimla.The said issue and matter was again brought to the notice of the joint secretary department of Administrative reforms government of Himachal Pradesh and it was requested to issue necessary directions to the all concerned to follow law code manual prefixed by the Act ibid list by way and virtue of which the CIC may recommend case of Complaint to the Head of Departments for necessary disciplinary action however no action is being taken at any level of the government and the Public information officers are ignoring the law code manual prefixed by the RTI act publications and too by the RTS act adjudication and people facing undue harassment by way of non compliance and wrong assessment of the cases finalised by the FAA and SIC or CIC thereof .In the case of a Complaint against the Public information officer the matter has been brought to the notice of the Head of the department the Engineer in Chief HPPWD Shimla and the honourable Public works Minister and the Chief Minister Himachal Pradesh so that necessary compliance may be obtained from the system of governance and charter of public accountability in the interest of justice and transparency failing which there is no logic to furnish the Complaints before the FAA and SIC or CIC as neither the annual reports are submitted before the appropriate government by the SIC nor disciplinary action recommended by the SIC against the public information officers and the people facing harassment due to unusual practice of delay in deciding the cases and creating trouble by furnishing incomplete and irrelevant informations even clear vision of the subject matter deliberation required to be maintained by the Public information officers highlighted in the application form for due observance and information.