PUBLIC AUTHORITIES ARE NOT TAKING COGNISANCE OF THE ANNUAL REPORTS AND STATE INFORMATION COMMISSION FAILED TO FOLLOW COMPLIANCE OF SECTION 25 OF THE RTI ACT, 2005

It is brought to the notice of all members and volunteers taking cognisance of the RTI Act, 2005 that Section 25 of the Right to information Act, 2005 provides to prepare a report on the implementation of the provisions of the Act each year, which the State information Commission would lay before the Vidhan Sabha and members of the legislative Assembly for consideration of the work and conduct of the public authorities, doing needful under law code manual prefixed by the parliamentary democracy of India, in this behalf. Each Ministry/Department is responsible to ensure that necessary information in relation to preparation of the Report is sent to the State information Commission by all public authorities with in its jurisdiction in time and the SIC has to develop a web-based system through which the public authorities may upload the Annual Return on the website of the Commission direct. The software developed by the Commission is known as the RTI annual report Information system which is accessible on the website and the information has to be posted on quarterly basis. Further it has been observed through the RTI Act, 2005 that the State information Commission and the number of public authorities taking no cognisance to upload the Annual Return in time on the system for related report and returns of the work and conduct of the public authorities so noticed by the Commission in this behalf for which the following correspondence made by the RTI welfare Group and Applicant is proof and evidence on the record however no appropriate reply and quarterly returns for the year 2023-2024 supplied to take notice of the delay and dereliction of duty by the PIOs and disciplinary action against the defaulters including the penalty for delay:-- Er Fateh chand Guleria, Director, RTI welfare Association registered number HPCD, 3552 , Bilaspur Himachal Pradesh phone number, 9459334377