MINUTES OF ONLINE MEETING (5-5-2025) WHERE IN, RTI MEMBERS ARE NOT SATISFIED WITH THE WORKING OF FAAs AND THE SIC, AND IT WOULD BE UNDESIRABLE AND WASTEFUL, IF GOVERNMENT/INSTRUMENTALITIES NOT HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR GOVERNED ;

An online RTI meeting was attended on 5-5-2025 held from 8.00 pm to 9.30 pm, which was attended by Shri Pyar Muhammed Finance Secretary RTI welfare Group registered number HPCD 3552 , Shri Prem Singh Tangania, Executive member RTI welfare Association, Shri Uttam Chand Vashisht, BDC jadera and RTI activist from Chamba zone, Shri Bhagat Ram Thakur, RTI volunteer from Chamba zone, Shri Praveen Kumar from Shimla zone and Shri paras Sharma along with other members of the event , where in it was unanimously decided to take cognisance of the delay in deciding the cases at the levels of FAA and also at the level of SIC where number of Appeals and complaints are pending before the SIC however the Commission taking no cognisance of the said issues and general public facing problems due to such delay and dereliction of duty at the levels of SIC. The meeting was particularly attended to furnish complaint against the quasi -judicial function of the FAAs and the non performance of duty at the levels of SIC where no penal action against the defaulters and disciplinary action proposed by the SIC and the efficiency in administration going bad to worst because of the such lapse of the Commissioners, specified under sub-section (1) of section 7 or mala fidely denied the request for information or knowingly given incorrect, incomplete or misleading information even destroyed information which was the subject of the request or obstructed information in any manner in furnishing however no disciplinary action recommended against the defaulters public information officers, under service rules. Keeping in view the above position of the FAAs and the SIC it was decided to brought the matter of such misbehavior or incapacity to the notice of the honourable Governor and the Chief Minister as well as the respective Chief Secretary of the State Government and the department of Administrative reforms organisations, working for the welfare of society and circle and taking cognisance of the transparency and accountability however the results are not satisfactory and people are not satisfied with the working of the FAAs and SIC and decided to furnish complaint before the appropriate Government, it would be undesirable to continue such position and situation of the efficiency in administration and honourable Governor of the State must utilise function of the constitutional provision made for the good governance and charter of public accountability being head of the state, where every citizen living in the democracy must have contribution to the transparency in administration so that people may take benefits of the empowerment under the RTI and the RTS act adjudication, as facing corruption and delay in deciding the cases at every level of the public authority:-- Er Fateh chand Guleria, Director, RTI welfare Association registered number HPCD 3552 , Bilaspur Himachal pradesh phone number 9459334377