Dear Gita,
This is misuse of the noble RTI ACT and deserves to be
thrown out at first opportunity. The matters you are
highlighting (visit of Army brass to Shastri Park) are
neither "policy decisions" / nor "decisions affecting
the public". I notice that you have also evaded the
Rs.10 fee prescribed under the Act - so the PIO is not
bound to consider your request. There are also
numerous other formal defects in your request.
Certainly you are entitled u/s 6 to the "opinions" and
other "information" concerning the Army visit, however
the PIO at DMRC would be perfectly justified in
rejecting your request on grounds of national
security. so please dont waste yr 10 rupees.
This is the problems with "neophytes" (smile) in RTI
who spam the system and create trouble for "pioneers"
like me. <rol>
I have 3 pending RTIs and all are extremely prickly.
Since you are so keen about RTI now, have you ever
considered that the office of the LG (being both a
Competent Authority / Public Authority) is also
covered under RTI 2005 ;-) With so many land related
matters being carried out in his name, I am sure the
poor fellow would be pleased to answer detailed
queries from experts like us on how he functions !!!
the MoUD PIO is in room no. 140 Nirman Bhawan - some
Jt. Secy.
Sarbajit
--- Gita Dewan Verma <mpisgplanner@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> To: Shri Anuj Dayal, CPRO DMRC Ltd, designated PIO
> on:
>
http://www.delhimetrorail.com/corporates/public_information.html
> via e-mail to e-mail id (anuj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
> provided at:
>
http://www.delhimetrorail.com/corporates/contact.html
>
> Sub: Request to receive information (for
> rectification) of omission under s.4(1)c of Right To
> Information Act, 2005, viz, non-publication of
> relevant facts pertaining to decision to host on
> 18.10.05 a study visit for senior officers of the
> armed forces from the LDMC course at College of
> Defence Management, Secunderabad
>
> Ref: News item titled "Army officers plan metro
> ride"
> published in The Hindu dated 18.10.05, available at:
>
>
http://www.hindu.com/2005/10/18/stories/2005101809700400.htm
>
> Sir,
>
> Among RTI Act provisions that came into force on
> 15.06.05 is: "4 (1) Every public authority shall -
> ...
> (c) publish all relevant facts while formulating
> important policies or announcing the decisions which
> affect public".
>
> According to the news item under reference, "An
> officer of the rank of major general and 10 of the
> rank of colonel will Delhi Metro on Tuesday... to
> learn about its management style ... they will first
> spend an hour with the Managing Director ... be
> taken
> to the Central Secretariat metro station and from
> there they will board an underground train... The
> next
> stopover will be at the Operational Control Centre
> (OCC) at Shastri Park... Then at Shastri Park Depot
> the officials will be given a feel of what goes on
> behind the scenes... in the culminating phase, the
> officials would carry out project studies to find
> solutions to the challenges being faced by the
> defence
> services...".
>
> I have not been able to locate on DMRC website any
> published facts pertaining to its decision,
> announced
> by the press on 18.10.05, to host this visit to,
> primarily, Shastri Park on 18.10.05.
>
> You are requested to receive this communication as
> information of omission under s.4(1)c of the RTI
> Act,
> 2005, and you are requested to rectify the said
> omission by publishing forthwith on DMRC website all
> relevant facts relating to the said decision, which
> affects public on account of the following:
>
> (a) Shastri Park is central to WP (C) No. 6500/2005
> (Gita Dewan Verma v/s DMRC & Ors), in which DMRC's
> plans for further development on the site have been
> stayed and counter-affidavits filed reveal gross
> illegalities in all prior development. The matter is
> listed for hearing by the Hon'ble High Court on
> 19.10.05.
>
> (b) Shastri Park is the site for which DMRC had
> approached the Hon'ble Court last year for
> directions
> for encroachment removal, claiming urgent public
> utility work, after a representation for stopping
> its
> own illegal construction there was forwarded for
> appropriate action to its chairman by Hon'ble
> President of India, who is also the Supreme
> Commander
> of the Armed Forces.
>
> I believe an impropriety has occurred and I do not
> believe that the College of Defence Management would
> have participated in it knowingly. Nor is this the
> first time that DMRC has, in effect, misled our
> premier institutions. In my afore-mentioned petition
> it has become clear how DMRC veritably manipulated
> conceptual / provisional clearances from DUAC, CWC,
> etc, and then misused these to claim their approval
> of
> its illegal commercial constructions at Shastri
> Park.
> This propensity affects us because it undermines the
> credibility of our premier institutions, including
> DMRC itself.
>
> I also request that you let me know forthwith: (a)
> if
> you have any hesitation in publishing this
> information, and (b) fee/charges for processing this
> request, as I am unaware of Rules relating to
> s.4(1)c
> of the RTI Act.
>
> Thanking you
>
> Yours sincerely
> Gita Dewan Verma, Planner
> 1356, DI, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi - 110070
> Ph: 26895840, 26132921
> e-mail: mpisgplanner@xxxxxxxxx
>
>
> cc: for information
>
> College of Defence Management
> Bolaram Post, Secunderabad 500 010
> eml: cdm@xxxxxxxxx
>
> mpisgmedia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
> Information about WP (C) 6500/2005 available at:
> http://plan.architexturez.net/site/mpisg/p/metro
>
>
>
>
>
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This is misuse of the noble RTI ACT and deserves to be
thrown out at first opportunity. The matters you are
highlighting (visit of Army brass to Shastri Park) are
neither "policy decisions" / nor "decisions affecting
the public". I notice that you have also evaded the
Rs.10 fee prescribed under the Act - so the PIO is not
bound to consider your request. There are also
numerous other formal defects in your request.
Certainly you are entitled u/s 6 to the "opinions" and
other "information" concerning the Army visit, however
the PIO at DMRC would be perfectly justified in
rejecting your request on grounds of national
security. so please dont waste yr 10 rupees.
This is the problems with "neophytes" (smile) in RTI
who spam the system and create trouble for "pioneers"
like me. <rol>
I have 3 pending RTIs and all are extremely prickly.
Since you are so keen about RTI now, have you ever
considered that the office of the LG (being both a
Competent Authority / Public Authority) is also
covered under RTI 2005 ;-) With so many land related
matters being carried out in his name, I am sure the
poor fellow would be pleased to answer detailed
queries from experts like us on how he functions !!!
the MoUD PIO is in room no. 140 Nirman Bhawan - some
Jt. Secy.
Sarbajit
--- Gita Dewan Verma <mpisgplanner@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> To: Shri Anuj Dayal, CPRO DMRC Ltd, designated PIO
> on:
>
http://www.delhimetrorail.com/corporates/public_information.html
> via e-mail to e-mail id (anuj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
> provided at:
>
http://www.delhimetrorail.com/corporates/contact.html
>
> Sub: Request to receive information (for
> rectification) of omission under s.4(1)c of Right To
> Information Act, 2005, viz, non-publication of
> relevant facts pertaining to decision to host on
> 18.10.05 a study visit for senior officers of the
> armed forces from the LDMC course at College of
> Defence Management, Secunderabad
>
> Ref: News item titled "Army officers plan metro
> ride"
> published in The Hindu dated 18.10.05, available at:
>
>
http://www.hindu.com/2005/10/18/stories/2005101809700400.htm
>
> Sir,
>
> Among RTI Act provisions that came into force on
> 15.06.05 is: "4 (1) Every public authority shall -
> ...
> (c) publish all relevant facts while formulating
> important policies or announcing the decisions which
> affect public".
>
> According to the news item under reference, "An
> officer of the rank of major general and 10 of the
> rank of colonel will Delhi Metro on Tuesday... to
> learn about its management style ... they will first
> spend an hour with the Managing Director ... be
> taken
> to the Central Secretariat metro station and from
> there they will board an underground train... The
> next
> stopover will be at the Operational Control Centre
> (OCC) at Shastri Park... Then at Shastri Park Depot
> the officials will be given a feel of what goes on
> behind the scenes... in the culminating phase, the
> officials would carry out project studies to find
> solutions to the challenges being faced by the
> defence
> services...".
>
> I have not been able to locate on DMRC website any
> published facts pertaining to its decision,
> announced
> by the press on 18.10.05, to host this visit to,
> primarily, Shastri Park on 18.10.05.
>
> You are requested to receive this communication as
> information of omission under s.4(1)c of the RTI
> Act,
> 2005, and you are requested to rectify the said
> omission by publishing forthwith on DMRC website all
> relevant facts relating to the said decision, which
> affects public on account of the following:
>
> (a) Shastri Park is central to WP (C) No. 6500/2005
> (Gita Dewan Verma v/s DMRC & Ors), in which DMRC's
> plans for further development on the site have been
> stayed and counter-affidavits filed reveal gross
> illegalities in all prior development. The matter is
> listed for hearing by the Hon'ble High Court on
> 19.10.05.
>
> (b) Shastri Park is the site for which DMRC had
> approached the Hon'ble Court last year for
> directions
> for encroachment removal, claiming urgent public
> utility work, after a representation for stopping
> its
> own illegal construction there was forwarded for
> appropriate action to its chairman by Hon'ble
> President of India, who is also the Supreme
> Commander
> of the Armed Forces.
>
> I believe an impropriety has occurred and I do not
> believe that the College of Defence Management would
> have participated in it knowingly. Nor is this the
> first time that DMRC has, in effect, misled our
> premier institutions. In my afore-mentioned petition
> it has become clear how DMRC veritably manipulated
> conceptual / provisional clearances from DUAC, CWC,
> etc, and then misused these to claim their approval
> of
> its illegal commercial constructions at Shastri
> Park.
> This propensity affects us because it undermines the
> credibility of our premier institutions, including
> DMRC itself.
>
> I also request that you let me know forthwith: (a)
> if
> you have any hesitation in publishing this
> information, and (b) fee/charges for processing this
> request, as I am unaware of Rules relating to
> s.4(1)c
> of the RTI Act.
>
> Thanking you
>
> Yours sincerely
> Gita Dewan Verma, Planner
> 1356, DI, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi - 110070
> Ph: 26895840, 26132921
> e-mail: mpisgplanner@xxxxxxxxx
>
>
> cc: for information
>
> College of Defence Management
> Bolaram Post, Secunderabad 500 010
> eml: cdm@xxxxxxxxx
>
> mpisgmedia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
> Information about WP (C) 6500/2005 available at:
> http://plan.architexturez.net/site/mpisg/p/metro
>
>
>
>
>
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