AN URGENT ONLINE MEETING OF RTI WELFARE ASSOCIATION REGISTERED NUMBER HPCD 3552 WAS CONVENED TODAY ON (21-12-2023) TO COMPENSATE THE LOSSES OF COMPLAINANT INSTEAD OF REJECTING THE APPLICATIONS AND APPEALS FOR, TIMELY ACTION AS WELL AS ACCURACY IN THE SYSTEM FOR SERVICE.

An urgent online meeting was convened by the RTI activists from Chamba zone of the Welfare Association registered number HPCD-3552 Bilaspur Himachal Pradesh which was attended by Shri Pyar Muhammed Finance Secretary State Group Coordination Committee, Shri Uttam Chand Vashishth the BDC member of Chamba Block and a RTI activist of the area and Shri Prem Singh Tangania, Group coordinator Solan zone and Er FC Guleria from Bilaspur Himachal Pradesh. All the members were worried about the ongoing situation and position of the RTI welfare requirements leading to the informations, related to the access to information as the Commissioners working in the state are ignoring the welfare of RTI activists, volunteers and the Resource persons by linking the complaints of disciplinary action against the PIOs with the annual report in compliance with clause (b) of sub section (1) of section 4 more over there is no recovery of losses occured to the RTI activists and volunteers where compensation has been suggested to the complainant for any loss or other detriment suffered. Neither penalties are imposed against the defaulters nor necessary changes are made in the ongoing system as determined for maintenance, management, regulations and destruction of records even assured for the change by the honorable Chief Minister of state in system as faulty. So keeping in view the delay and dereliction of duty at the levels of the public information officers it is felt to organise awareness drive movement against the non compliance and misleading informations provided by the public information officers generally without taking cognisance of the law and Act even existing provision of training on right to information for its officials however there is no enhancement for the such training and workshop programmes for which the RTI welfare Association registered number HPCD-3552 regularly doing the needful for getting correct and complete informations from the Public information officers and too demanding timely action and accuracy in the schedule for consideration at every level of the public authorities including the State information Commission, acting contrary to the RTI and the RTS act adjudication.