STATE GOVERNMENTS ARE RESPONSIBLE TO FOLLOW VISION AND PROVISION MADE BY THE GOI AND MANDATORY FOR THE AMENDMENTS

The RTI act 2005 is a Central government publication ,on the basis of which the state governments are too responsible to follow the same and protect the fundamental rights of their Citizens list by way and virtue of which the state governments are empowered to look into the problems of the people and have some changes or amendments if found necessary under law code manual of the provision made by Act ibid however the required changes could not alter the basic concepts and fundamental of the original Act so issued by the government of India with the provision made and created for the welfare of society and circle . Recently the government of Haryana has issued an amendment vide it's notification dated April 12 - 2021 and amended the Haryana RTI rules which stipulate that an applicant seeking information under the RTI act publications is required to file his Application in format along with the ID, Aadhar ,pass port, voter card , pan card,and PPP  ID ,a state government- issued Identity Card. Such addition as well as alteration in the original order of the RTI act publication could not be justified under the provision made by the parliamentary democracy where in it is clearly mentioned that RTI application furnished under section 6 (2) allow the Applicant to conceal his identity and to seek information without giving any reason for which the Applicant making request for information shall not be required to give any reason for requesting the information or any other personal details except those that may be necessary for contacting the Applicants. Hence forth it is the fundamental duty of every state government to follow instructions of the Government of India and act accordingly in the interest of justice to people of country and the state demanding free and fair justice from the system of governance.

ID PROOF NOT MANDATORY AS PER SECTION 6(2) OF THE RTI ACT

It is observed that some times the PIO force an RTI Applicant to follow ID proof even the ground of the said PIO is not legally tenable as no authoritiy can force an applicant to file an RTI application in a particular form and to disclose any reason for seeking information and is disclose the ID proof .The decision taken by the division bench of the Calcutta High court issued on 20-11-2013  holding the description made under section 6(2) of the RTI act 2005 , the legislature thought it fit that an applicant need not to disclose any reason for seeking information and Personal details and a person making an application under the RTI act publications need not to give name and address and even file an application without disclosing any personal details and needs to supply only convenient address for contacting him for supplying the requisite information. More over the said judgement has been circulated by the department of Personnel and training, Govt of India through a memorandum dated January 8 , 2014 for its compliance to the all concerned, list by way and virtue of which no PIO may demand ID Proof from the Applicants to apply in a particular format or submit the identity proof with the application .