7th April 2011: The Judgment day for CPIO, MNIT Jaipur

CPIO, MNIT, JAIPUR IS TO APPEAR BEFORE THE CIC, NEW DELHI ON 7^TH APRIL 2011, at 2:30 p.m. FOR SHOW-CAUSE HEARING UNDER SECTION 20(1) AND (2) OF THE RTI ACT

(MNIT IS ONCE AGAIN IN PENALTY ZONE UNDER RTI Act).

The MNIT Public Information Officer has been asked to appear before the Central Information Commissioner, New Delhi, on 7^th April 2011 at 2:30 am, along with written submission, “to why Penalty should not be imposed and disciplinary action be recommended” for having failed to provide the information. The Commission has taken a very serious view of this and considered it willful & malafied denial of information. The issues involve as many as seven to eight RTI applications, having matters, such as, development of MIS in the Institute, Malaviya Sports Tournament, Functioning of Department of Management Studies etc., on which the Institutes authorities are sitting for more than one year. 

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CIC, NEW DELHI, ISSUES DIRECTION TO THE DIRECTOR, MNIT JAIPUR UNDER SECTION 19(8)OF THE RTI ACT FOR TIME BOUND COMPLIANCE OF SECTION 4(1)(b)

In a landmark decision honorable Information Commissioner (IC) Shailesh Gandhi in his recent order dated 14^th march 2011 has issued direction to The Director, MNIT to issue Administrative Manuals as per the provisions of Section 4(1) (b) of RTI Act. The Commission has also directed the Institute to install a sign board of appropriate dimensions mentioning the Names, Designations and Contact Details of Central Public Information Officer(s). The last date of compliance according to this order is 20^th April 2011.

We hope against all odds that this will bring new life in the functioning of the MNIT, and will ensure responsive, responsible, accountable and transparent governance system.  Check out the Central Information Commission (CIC) order here.

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RTI Ka Danda

PIO of MNIT Fined Rs.25,000 For No-Response on RTI Application

No no, you are losing the plot. This is not about the recent RTI Applications we filed. The incident goes something like this. Some time in June 2009, Dr. S. D. Bharti, Asso. Professor, Department of Structural Engineering, MNIT, filed an RTI Application seeking information about the number of RTI applications and appeals received by the Public Information Officer (PIO) and also by the First Appellate Authority (FAA) of MNIT, and the annual report of the institute on RTI Act for the past four years (2005-2009).

After No-Response from PIO of MNIT, Dr. Bharti appealed to the Registrar of MNIT in July 2009 but all in vain. Then in November 2009 Dr. Bharti appealed in CIC. The Commission held the combined hearing on Dr. Bharti's other applications seeking details of career advancement scheme for faculty promotion and foreign travels made by the Institute's faculty members in last five years. Information Commissioner Shailesh Gandhi, in a hearing on 16th March 2010 in New Delhi, found the PIO guilty under Section 20(1) of the RTI Act. Director of MNIT was directed to deduct Rs 5,000 from PIO's salary every month for 5 months from April onwards. The CIC did not stop at that and also directed the institute to get FIRs lodged against those who last handled the files.

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Six RTI Applications have been filed by G21 on following issues :

1. Student Welfare Fee
2. Development Fee
3. Library Fee
4. Computer/Internet Fee
5. Educational Tour Fee
6. Industrial Training and Placement Fee

Fee is collected under these heads and there is no development till now from this money collected.Let's wait and see what the Authorities have to say.

We will not rest until We get what we Deserve...!!


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