More than 37 thousand pages of 1 quintal weight sent in response to RTI.
In Kurukshetra, Haryana, a RTI activist found it expensive to ask for a 2-year account of the Public Health Department. Department officials sent him a quintal paper. Which has more than 37 thousand pages. The activist said that instead of this, he recovered 80 thousand rupees
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This information was also given when DC reprimanded the department officials. However, the information sent is still not complete. He has filed an appeal to the State Information Commissioner against this. At the same time, officials say that under the rules, information has been sent by taking 2 rupees of one page.
Pankaj Arora informing the media about the case.
Know the whole matter in a sequential manner …
- RTI installed, XEN asked SDO-JE to make money: Pankaj Arora, who runs a book depot in Sector 13 of Kurukshetra, said that on January 30, I had installed an RTI in the Public Health Department Kurukshetra. In which information was sought at 15 points. On 3 February, the department sent me 2 letters. In this, in a letter, XEN is ordering its department’s SDO and JE, how many pages RTI will be made and how many money is to be deposited from the applicant.
- Send 2 letters in a single day, asked to deposit 85 thousand: The same day I received a second letter in the evening. In which I was asked to deposit 85 thousand rupees. I told the concerned department that you are writing 2-2 letters to me in a single day, so he said that you will have to deposit 85 thousand rupees.
- I deposited the money, did not give information: I was told that 80 thousand rupees are to give information and 5 thousand rupees will be taken postal charges. When I told them that you cannot take postal charges in RTI, they said that deposit 80 thousand rupees. I deposited 10 thousand rupees on 10 February. After this, on March 5, he deposited 70 thousand rupees. Despite giving 80 thousand rupees, he did not inform me.
- When DC asked to give information, sent 37 thousand pages: After losing I had to mail CM Naib Saini, Governor and Secretary. I also mails DC of Kurukshetra. Taking cognizance of my mail on 24 April, DC wrote a letter to XEN to give information. However, department officials kept hiding information. Now they have sent me 37 thousand 443 page information.
- Many pages that are not needed: There are thousands of pages in it, which I did not need. He also claimed that he took 80 thousand rupees from me, but did not deposit it in the government treasury. Among them, a draft of 10 thousand PNB and a banker of 70 thousand were made by making checks. The department is hiding the scam of crores. Now I have appealed to the State Commission, which has been accepted.
Pankaj Arora cleaning the dust from the pile of pages sent by the department.
Read what information the RTI activist sought from Kurukshetra XEN Office …
- It was sought in RTI that from 1 January 2023 to 1 January 2025, which tenders have been online and offline in all the divisions of the department. It has also been asked on which newspaper or website this tender was published and what was the process of offering offline tenders.
- How many people are hired under Haryana Kaushal Employment Scheme or Outsourcing in all all divisions, their name, post and address should be told. Apart from this, it should also be told how their attendance seems.
- Between January 1, 2023 to 1 January 2025, a copy of the license of those contractors should be given. It should also be told that which tender should be given to which contractor, which the bills should be submitted, and which officer passed this bill. Also, information has been sought by which officials investigated that work.
- In the tender work done in all the divisions of Kurukshetra district, the GST should be given payment details of the GST filled by the contractors. This information has been sought from 1 January 2023 to 1 January 2025.
- Whatever has been spent in all all divisions from 1 January 2023 to 1 January 2025, whether it is in buying stationery, TA-DA, telephone bill, electricity bill, medical claim or any other type of expenses, all information should be given.
- If any departmental inquiry or corruption is being investigated against the employee working in the department (whether it is a class one officer or a class for staff), then it should be informed. Also, verified copies of employees who have been investigated in the last 10 years have also been sought.
- The officers posted in all the sub-divisions of Kurukshetra district have sought an electronic copy of the property of Form 16-A for the last three years, and electronic copy of their service record book.
- It was also asked in RTI that the court case related to the department- whether they are running in any court, should be given full information. Apart from this, the list of lawyers in these cases should also be told and how much fees they have been paid in the last 10 years.
- Between 1 January 2021 to 30 January 2025, the Public Health Department has asked for a complete details of where the lines of water and sewerage have been laid. If these lines are inserted in an illegal colony, then it should be told by whose order it happened.
- Between 1 January 2023 to 1 January 2025 in Kurukshetra district, information about the name, educational qualification and current residence has been sought in the department who were posted in the department.
- The department has sought information about the total income and total expenditure from 1 January 2020 to 30 May 2024. Along with this, an audit report has also been asked to provide.
- From 1 January 2023 to 1 January 2025, the department has asked for the entire information of how much Loc (letter of credit) was released.
- All the registers in the departmental office are involved in any kind of work, their photo copies have been sought under RTI.
- From 1 January 2023 to 1 January 2025, information has been sought in the department’s lab. Apart from this, information has also been sought on the number of employees working in the lab.
- Finally, in RTI, it was asked how many cases are pending in the court related to the department and how much it has been spent on them.
In response to questions, the department sent these bundles of pages. However, Pankaj Arora claims that even in these pages, the answers to his questions are not complete.
XEN said- information was not sought digital XEN Sumit Garg of Public Health Department said that the information sought under RTI has been given. RTI’s rule is Rs 2 per page charge. Information could be sent digital, in response to it, the information was not sought digital. The information sent has been sent to the address.