Press Information Bureau
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
17-December-2014 17:04 IST
Uploading RTI Applications
A
facility to upload the reply of RTI applications and first appeals on the
respective website of the Ministry/Department has been started from 31st
October, 2014 vide Office Memorandum No. 1/1/2013-IR dated 21/10/2014 of this
Department. All the Ministries/Departments of Govt. of India have been
requested to upload the reply to RTI application and first appeal on their
respective websites, except the replies relating to the personal information of
an individual, if they do not serve any public interest.
There
is report in the media that some RTI activists and legal experts have expressed
their apprehension that the said Office Memorandum of this Department may
result in disclosure of applicants’ names.
In
the said Office Memorandum of this Department itself, Ministries/Departments
have been asked not to upload the replies relating to the personal information
of an individual, if they do not serve any public interest. Moreover, vide
Office Memorandum No. 1/31/2013-IR dated 08/01/2014, a copy of the judgement
(order) of the Hon’ble High Court of Kolkata in writ petition number 33290 of
2013 in the case of Avishek Goenka Vs. Union of India was circulated to all
Ministries/Departments of Government of India and Chief Secretaries of all the
States/UTs, wherein the Hon’ble High Court has directed to circulate the copy
of its order so that the (public) authority can take appropriate measure to
hide information with regard to personal detail of the activist to avoid any
harassment by the persons having vested interest.
This
was stated by the Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and
Pensions Dr. Jitendra Singh in a written reply to Shri Jose K.Mani in the Lok
Sabha today (17/12/2014)
