DISPOSAL OF FIRST APPEALS UNDER THE RTI ACT, 2005 AND PROVISION MADE UNDER SECTION 19(6) OF THE RTI ACT

The Governments are working on the focus of their manifesto through verbal discussion and dialogues however general public compelled to continue with their aspirations and follow their debate through RTI and the RTS act adjudicated, in many more cases general public taking cognisance of the demand under public utility and moving forward with the struggle for their success showing strength of law code manual prefixed by the Constitution of India anticipated for the debate on the captioned subject of strong sense and extensive research for the interpretation of law, where public authorities are responsible for the welfare of society and circle, however it is becoming a general complaint of the RTI activists and volunteers that public authorities are taking no cognisance of the effective governance and cases are lying pending before the FAA and SIC or CIC for long, as a measure of the demand under public service where one may ask for complete, correct and timely action from the office and authority however facing delay and dereliction of duty , in contrary of the decision making under their own interpretation of law instead of time to time issued guidelines for correct and accurate information to the applicants and the volunteers, facing problems because of the wrong assessment and adverse effects, ene law is very clear on the captioned subject under section 19(6) of the RTI act adjudication related to the quasi-judicial function of the decision making by FAA hence it is necessary for the appellate authorities to look into the matter and see that justice is not only done, but it should also appear to have been done. In order to do so the order passed by the FAA should be a speaking order giving justification for the decision arrived at, however FAA are totally depending upon the Public Information officers and taking no cognisance of the fourth description of the Section 19(6) where in it is stated that the FAA may himself give the information to the appellant, along with the order , if said information has not been provided to the appellant by the PIO and the FAA must ensure that the information ordered by him to be supplied is supplied to the appellant immediately. Keeping in view the above description of the law code manual it is necessary for the PIO and the FAA to examine the appeals judiciously and express their agreement with the decision of the public information officer, mechanically. In case the FAA feels that intervention of the higher authority is required to get his order implemented, he should bring the matter to the notice of the officer in the public authority competent to take against the PIO. (GI, DOP&T, OM No 10/23/2007-IR dated 9-7-2007.