RTI ACTIVISTS AND VOLUNTEERS ARE ALSO WORKING AS WHISTLE BLOWER, SO FAA MUST DO NEEDFUL UNDER SECTION 19(6) OF THE RTI ACT, 2005 IN PUBLIC INTEREST AND PROTECTION FOR WORK DONE IN GOOD FAITH

It is a matter of fact and concern under the provision made by Section 19(6) of the RTI Act, 2005 , deciding appeals under the RTI Act as per the quasi -judicial function and it is therefore necessary that the Appellate authority should see to it that the justice is not only done, but it should also appear to have been done. In order to do so, the order passed by the Appellate authority should be a speaking order giving justification for the decision arrived at. Keeping in view the above disposal of first Appeals under the provision made by the Act ibid in this behalf and non -compliance and wrong assessment of the cases , where Appellate authorities do not examine the Appeals judiciously and express their agreement with the decision mechanically, RTI activists and volunteers are compelled to approach the FAA as not comply with the directions and furnishing the required information to them they are taking course or representation before the FAA for justice and time and again submitting their grievances before the FAA being responsible for supply of information in the capacity of FAA and may (1) pass an order directing the public information officer to give such information to the appellant;or(2) he himself may give information to the appellant while disposing of the Appeal. In the first case the appellate authority should ensure that the information ordered by him to be supplied is supplied to the appellant immediately. It would however be better if the appellate authority chooses the second course of action and he himself furnishes the information along with the order passed by him in the matter. Further it is submitted in the matter that under this provision of the Section 19(6) the Applicants and the Volunteers are taking their legal course of action before the FAA, again and again but the office and authority taking no cognisance of the demand under public service and people are compelled to have dharna and pradarshan before the administration for their genuine redressal of grievances related to the capacity building of  whistle blower however the public authorities are not considering their genuine demand under section 19(6) and creating problem for the all in path of an access to information also required to be compiled by the department of the administrative reforms in case of such complaints before the department of personnel and training, declared responsible for the time to time issued compliance of guidelines for information seekers under the right to information Act, 2005 :-- Er Fateh Chand Guleria, Director RTI welfare Association registered number HPCD, 3552 , Bilaspur Himachal Pradesh phone number 9459334377