STATE GOVERNMENT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH MUST FOLLOW CONSTITUTION OF STATE INFORMATION COMMISSION AND ISSUE ORDERS OF THEIR APPOINTMENT, LYING VACANT IN THE PRESENT, SINCE LONG

The right to information is implicitly guaranteed by the Constitution of our country, however with a view to set out a practical regime for the citizens to secure information as a matter of right, the Indian parliament enacted the right to information Act, 2005 . This law is very comprehensive and covers almost all matters of governance and the law has a wide reach, being applicable to Government at all levels-- Unions, State and local as well as to the recipients of substantial Government funds. The basic object of the Right to information Act is to empower the citizens, to promote transparency and accountability in the working of the Government, to contain corruption and to enhance people's participation in democratic process thereby making the democracy for the people welfare in a real sense of the demand under public service and utility. It goes without saying that an informed citizen is better equipped to keep necessary vigil on the instruments of governance and make the Government more accountable to the governed. The Act is a big step towards making the citizens informed about the activities of the Government. Keeping in view the above empowerment of the given law code manual prefixed by the Section 26 of the Right to information Act, it is necessary to follow process of the proceedings for initiative against the departments and the public authorities and do needful for the required revelation of the information in actual practice likely to conflict with other public interests including efficient operation of the Government, however the public authorities are taking no cognisance of the such laps and irregularities pointed by the RTI activists and volunteers and the resource persons, working for the welfare of society and circle and taking cognisance of the transparency and accountability, where information must be presented from a users perspective, which may require rearrangement of the same, simplification of the same

, however original documents in original so received from the public authorities are monitored by the higher authorities and remain largely hidden instead of the required administrative reforms under the provision made for needful , where complaints are made before the competent authorities are deleted and ignored instead of disciplinary action and the penalty against the defaulted officers and officials, which is highly objectionable matter of fact and concern for which the civil society members are compelled to approach the disciplinary authorities , but the commanding officers and the authorities are reluctant to do needful, even though there is no Commissioner in the state of Himachal pradesh and the both of the vacant posts are still vacant and the Government taking no cognisance of the required demand under public service, so brought to the notice of all concerned since long and more and more pendency is continued because of this non -compliance by the appropriate Government:-- Er Fateh chand Guleria, Director RTI welfare Association registered number HPCD, 3552 , Bilaspur Himachal pradesh phone number, 9459334377