STATE GOVERNMENT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH FAILED TO APPOINT VACANT POSTS OF THE SIC AND CIC, AND THE SIC HAS TAKEN NO COGNISANCE OF THE MONITORING AND REPORTING OF THE PREPARATION OF SAID REPORTS.

At this juncture, of RTI and the RTS act adjudication, it is necessary to clear some misconceptions about the role played by the citizens of the country and related to the access to information that is available and existing in the performance made by the Government of India and the state Governments taking cognisance of the public authority and also an obligation upon the citizens of country and the RTI activists and volunteers, introducing themselves in the public relation exercise, providing advice, guidance and opinion to the citizens but that is purely voluntary and should not be confused with any obligation under the RTI and the RTS act adjudication, so issued for the empowerment of the citizens of country. As for the obligation of the public authorities, subject to the provision of this Act, since introduction wef setting out the practical regime of the RTI act required to secure the access to information under the control of public authorities, in order to promote transparency and accountability in the working of every public authority, is concerned the parliamentary democracy of the country is responsible to have verification of the monitoring and reporting, as paying salaries and perks to the staff and the Commissioners, appointed in this behalf of the demand under public service, and, shall as soon as practicable after the end of each year, prepare a report on the implementation of the provisions of this Act during that year and for war a copy thereof to the appropriate Government. And each Ministry and department shall, in relation to the public authorities within their jurisdiction, collect and provide such information to the CIC or SIC as the case may be, as is required to prepare the report under this section and provision and comply with the requirements concerning the furnishing of the information and keeping of records for the purposes of this legislation or common law or any other matter relevant for operationalising the right to access information. It is particularly mentioned here that the SIC taking no cognisance of the monitoring and reporting of routine annual report in the state of Himachal pradesh as per the RTI reveal, issued by the SIC and also agreed by the Secretary Vidhan Sabha in this behalf of the report and return, more over at present there is no post of commissioner for duty and function after retirement of the SIC and CIC from the office of the state information commissioner appointed under sub section (3) of section 15;-- Er Fateh chand Guleria, Director, RTI welfare Association registered number HPCD, 3552 , Bilaspur Himachal pradesh phone number, 9459334377