CITIZENS SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO INFORMATION AND PUBLIC AUTHORITY SHALL PUBLISH THE ENACTMENT OF THIS ACT WITH ARRANGEMENTS:---

Friends, It is a matter of fact and concern to be noticed by the RTI applicants, volunteers and the Activists as well as Resource persons, taking cognisance of the RTI and the RTS act adjudication that, Right to information has been related to the obligations of the public authorities under law code manual prefixed by the Constitution of India, in this behalf, subject to the provisions of this Act, every public authority shall --- (a) Maintain all its records duly catalogued and indexed in a manner and the form which facilitates the right to information under this Act and ensure that all records that are appropriate to be computerized are, within a reasonable time and subject to availability of resources, computerized and connected through a network all over the country on different systems so that access to such records is facilitated. (b) Publish within one hundred twenty days from the enactment of this Act, --(1) The particulars of its organization, functions and duties. (2) The powers and duties of its officers and employees (3) The procedure followed in the decision making process, including channels of supervision and accountability. (4) The norms set by it for the discharge of its functions (5) The rules, regulations, instructions, manuals and records, held by it or under its control or used by its employees for discharging it's functions. (6) A statement of its categories of documents that are held by it or under the control. (7) The particulars of any arrangement that exists for consultation with, or representations by, the members of the public in relation to the formulation of its policy or implementations thereof. (8) A statement of the boards, councils committees and other bodies, consisting of two or more persons constituted as its part or for the purpose of its advice, and as to whether meetings of those boards, councils, committees and other bodies are open to the public, or the minutes of such meetings are accessible for public (9) A directory of its officers and employees. Further it is submitted in this behalf that it shall be a constant endeavor of every public authority to take steps in accordance with the requirement of clause (b) of sub section (1) to provide as much information suo motu to the public at regular intervals through various means of communications, including internet, so that the public have minimum resort to the use of this Act to obtain information, and for this purpose, the sub section (1) every information shall be disseminated widely and in such form and manner which is easily accessible to the public:-- Er Fateh Chand Guleria, C/O RTI Welfare Association Registered number HPCD 3552,Bilaspur Himachal Pradesh phone number 9459334377