STATE GOVERNMENT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH TAKING NO COGNISANCE UNDER SUB -SECTION (3) OF SECTION 12 OF RTI ACT, 2005 AND THE SIC IN DEFUNCT POSITION, SINCE LONG

Public trust is as important as Engineering success and it is necessary to have advantages of the Right to Information and the charter of public accountability for which the administrative reforms must be bring on the procedure laid down for decision-making on the captioned subject of deliberation required to be briefly explained in the law code manual prefixed by the descriptions constitute the elements of decision-making process in general, in the routine work of governance, which gives details of how representations, petitions and Applications from citizens must be dealt with. In the event of a public authority altering an existing decision-making process or adopting an entirely new process, such changs must be explained in simple language in order to enable people to easily understand the changes made, but it is regretted to point out that the department of public Works taking no cognisance of the said changes made vide order in Appeal number 12/2023 dated 30-1-2024 even clear vision of the law code manual prefixed by the section 7(6) of right to information Act, 2005 issued by FAA to provide free of cost information to appellant on or before 10-2-2024 but neither the public information officer of the said office issued free of cost information on the captioned subject nor the FAA himself provided said information to appellant for which liable for disciplinary action since instructions on the directions of the DoP& T memo issued vide number Per (Ap-B) B-11 -2/2004 -16 dated 3-12-2014 however there is no action at any level of the higher authority even clear directions of the Secretary (PWD) Government of Himachal Pradesh Shimla issued for decision-making vide number PBW -AB (1) -3/2015 -L dated 16-10-2023 and consequently again issued on 31-7-2025 is proof and evidence on the record of the Heads of the department and the SIC working without any designated post of SIC and SCIC since long list by way and virtue of which it is difficult to follow the second Appeals, even FAA failed to provide free of cost information within the prescribed period. The state government and the appropriate government has been time and again requested to issue necessary appointments of the sub section (3) of section 12 for designated officers in the SIC but there is no action till date of complaints and requests before the entire Government and people facing problems because of the defunct status and position of the State Information Commission:-- Er Fateh chand Guleria, Director RTI welfare Association registered number HPCD, 3552 , Bilaspur Himachal Pradesh phone number, 9459334377