MINUTES OF ONLINE MEETING WITH CHAMBA ZONE OF RTI ACTIVISTS AND VOLUNTEERS HELD ON 8-4-2025 AT 8-30

An online meeting of RTI Welfare Association registered number HPCD 3552 was held on 8-4-2025 at 8.30 to 10 . 00 pm on the captioned subject of third party information which was attended by Shri Pyar Muhammed Finance Secretary of the Association and active member from the Chamba, Shri Prem Single Tangania from Solan zone , Shri Uttam Chand Member BDC from jadera ward and RTI activist from Chamba zone, Shri Tarsem, Shri paras Ram Sharma and particular special invitee guide and key member Shri Sanjay Shukla from Bihar remained present on the occasion, in addition to other members of the Society and circle. The members raised their problems before the key members and discussed the problems faced by the RTI activists and volunteers , in resolving the matters related to third party information , However Shri Sanjay shukla particularly told the members on the event that it is duty of the public authority to get the information released in favor of the applicant, if the said information is lying in the public domain of the said department , there is no reason to deny the information to applicant as per provision made under Section 4(1) (b) but it is duty of the applicant to follow procedural compliance of the Appeals and Applications under law code manual prefixed by the Constitution of India, in this behalf. Further it is submitted in the matter that various informations lying in the public domain are denied to the applicants without any solid ground of the refusal , however the public authority is responsible to take representation from the third party and follow due course of action under law code manual to release the said such informations in favor of the applicants and the volunteers:-- Er Fateh Chand Guleria, RTI Welfare Association, registered number HPCD 3552 , Bilaspur Himachal Pradesh, phone number 9459334377.