LAYING OF ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE STATE INFORMATION COMMISSION BEFORE THE HOUSE OF MEMBERS (VIDHAN SABHA) UNDER SECTION 25 OF THE RTI ACT, 2005 AND NON-COMPLIANCE AS SIC IN DEFUNCT POSITION, WHERE IN ALL MLAs ARE REQUESTED TO SAVE TRANSPARENCY AND PROTECT DEMOCRACY IN THE STATE

As per decision of the Government of India, it is directed to refer to Section 25 of the Right to information Act, 2005 which provides that the Central Information Commission and the State Information Commission, as the case may be, shall prepare a report on the implementation of the provisions of the Act, each year, which the Central Government would lay before each House of Parliament, and in case of SIC it is laid before the Vidhan Sabha, as per provision made under section 25 of the RTI Act, 2005 . Each Ministry/Department is responsible to ensure that necessary information in relation to preparation of the report is sent to the Central Information Commission or State Information Commission, as the case may be, by all public authorities within its jurisdiction, well in time. The Central information commission has developed a web -based system through which the public authorities may upload the Annual return on the web site of the Commission, direct and the software developed by the Commission is known as the RTI annual report information and the information has to be posted on quarterly basis. It is particularly mentioned here that the State Government of Himachal pradesh working without any SIC and the SCIC since for long and it is revealed that no Annual returns are uploaded by the public authorities on the system maintained for the transparency, where in the final return for the year should be uploaded latest by the 15 April of the subsequent financial year and the public authorities are responsible to follow the said duty before 30 June 2011 of the each year. Keeping in view the above decision of the Government of India issued by the DoP&T memo number 4/8/2011 -IR dated 20-5-2011 are requested to prepare the reason for non compliance with their Ministries under defunct status of the SIC as people facing problem and appropriate Government taking no cognisance of the decision making under sub section (3) of the Section 12 of Right to Information Act, 2005 , even number of requests and reminders for the necessary appointments and matter too brought to the kind notice of the Honourable Chief Minister on 15,August , 2026 while on the visit to Ghumarwin District Bilaspur Himachal pradesh:-- Er Fateh chand Guleria, Director RTI welfare Association registered number HPCD, 3552 , Bilaspur Himachal pradesh phone number, 9459334377