STATE BANK OF INDIA HAS MADE NO PROVISION OF THE ASSISTANT CENTRAL PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICERS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE BRANCHES WHERE ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS EXISTING FOR ACCESS TO INFORMATION, HENCE BRANCH OFFICERS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO WORK ASSISTANT CENTRAL PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER OF RTI, ACT 2005

Some public authorities have not designated Assistant Public Information officers under the Right to Information Act  2005 so for, even attention is invited to sub section (1) of Section 5 of the Act, which provides that every public authority shall designate public Information officers in the all administrative units or offices under it within one hundred days of the enactment of the Act, Like wise sub section (2) of section 5 of the Act provides that, every public authority shall designate an officer as Assistant public Information officer at each sub divisional level within one hundred days of the enactment of the Act where in it is against the norms of the Act not to appoint the Assistant central public information officer in the administrative units. It is particularly mentioned here that State Bank of India has appointed no Assistant Central public information officers in the administrative units of its branch offices and the appointment of CPIO given to the Bilaspur District from the Hamirpur district list by way and virtue of which no correct informations are being provided to the applicants and people facing problems because of Non designation of Assistant Central public information officers in the respective branch offices (administrative units) , hence contravenes the provisions of the Act for which necessary correspondence has been made to Hamirpur district and the Chandigarh but no appropriate action has been taken on the captioned subject matter deliberation required to be noticed by the FAA working at Sector 17 Chandigarh and people facing problems. So it is requested before the appropriate Government regarding to make necessary provision of the appointment of the Assistant Central public information officers in their administrative units, as related to the pertinent informations under their custody, so the Branch Managers must be appointed as the Assistant Central public information officers of their branches:-- Er Fateh chand Guleria, Director RTI welfare Association registered number HPCD, 3552 , Bilaspur Himachal Pradesh phone number, 9459334377 .