there is absolute chao lawness disoder in punjab agro there is no one to check this junle raj in pafc punjab govt has failed to take any action agains m.d agro who is autocrat dictator who has no values for human rights he is absolutelty nonsense m.d in the history of punjab agro
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from : blog of jkrti movement :-
January 26th, 2010
Mr. Rajdev Sharma of Akhnoor recently commented on his RTI blog on the fact that J&K Bank is declaring itself exempt from the RTI Act (as discovered by Muzaffar two weeks ago). When querried about these comments by Muzaffar, J&K Bank Chairman Mr. Haseeb Drabu responded as follows (we are providing his response and points-of-correction below in due fairness to J&K Bank and Mr. Drabu).
Nonetheless, J&K Bank still fits the definition of a Public Authority under section 2(f)(iv)(A) of the J&K RTI Act 2009 on the basis of share ownership alone (53%), we therefore again ask J&K Bank to pro-actively fulfill its basic obligations under the RTI Act by appointing PIOs and APIOs. If the J&K Bank’s history, fate, and fortunes were truly independent of the Government of Jammu & Kashmir, the Bank might have a valid moral and legal case that it does not fall under RTI. But that is not the situation. We ask Mr. Drabu to clearly tell us the Bank’s plans in regards to RTI. Excerpt below: “THE FACTUAL POSITION IS AS FOLLOWS 1. JK Bank – 53% STATE Govt stake: YES . Since you are an information dissemination and transparency activist, you may do well look at our web site for the exact factual and technicall correct interpretative position. We belive and pride ourselves on the fact that our corporate disclosure level is the among the highest in India. No wonder that our annual report for 2009-10 has been nominated for 8 awards recently at the national level. That I have sought information under the Right to Information Act, 2005 from the different departments, which enlightened the departments scam a particularly in the bsnl, pseb, railway, banks etc. Moved about 300+ applications on different points to different points certain departments have given certain information and some department has given incorrect information and concealed certain information and some offices denied supplying the information. I also moved the number of applications to the nationalized banks. Only bank of Baroda has supplied the correct information as sought by me remaining banks either failed to supply the information or give in correct information. I also filed the appeals in certain cases against the denial of the information and also moved some complaints to the Central Information Commission, Punjab State Information Commission, Chandigarh. Some of the complaints were disposed off and some are pending. That certain department officers used some illegal means and threatened me thro back door for moving the applications under the rti act and putting pressure to withdraw the rti. I also moved applications to competent authorities/police department. One complaint against the DSP , who was hired by the DET BSNL Jagtar Singh & GMTD, Amritsar is still pending, who threatened me and putting pressure to withdraw the rti applications.
JK Bank – 53% STATE Govt stake, 7 Directors from JK govt, BANK Chairman appointed by JK Govt, Regd as a Govt Banking Company, State Govt Banker, Employees only from JK State, Govt Treasuries managed by the bank, 1800 JK Govt employees on deputation to the Bank, Govt taken 2000 Crores Overdraft from the bank, most of the branches in the Govt premises, most of the ATMs in the Govt premises ……...Still the Bank claims NOT A PUBLIC AUTHORITY UNDER RTI ACT-2009 ?????? BANK REFUSED TO IMPLEMENT MODLE CODE OF CONDUCT OF ELECTION COMMISSION (Bank raised retirement age from 58 to 60 just before the election 2009) Bank announced a scheme for Citizens of J&K in collaboration with IT department of the State Govt. during the Assembly Election)………JAI HO IS STATE Ki. January 20, 2010: Chandigarh: RTI Users Association (RTIUA) which was founded in June 2009 under the aegis of “Citizens’ Voice” today expanded its base to provide support to people using “Right to Information” in six states of North India (Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and Delhi). In a formal meeting of the RTIUA, new office bearers to coordinate with RTI users of these six states were selected. This according to RTIUA would further strengthen the application of RTI Act so as to make RTI a legal tool of choice for the people to ensure accountability in governance. Kamal Anand, who also heads the NGO People for Transparency was unanimously selected to lead the association as the new Secretary-General of the RTI Users Association. Advocate Surinder Pal took over the responsibility to be a State-coordinator for Punjab. Dr. Gaurav Chhabbra would be the State-coordinator for Chandigarh. Col. D.P. Gupta would be State Coordinator for Himachal Pradesh. Professor Sandeep Gupta would be the State-Coordinator for Haryana and Sh. R. D. Sharma was given the responsibility to be the State-Coordinator for Jammu and Kashmir. RTIUA opened its membership for all people who have been using the RTI Act or are desirous to use RTI Act for obtaining information. The spokesperson of the association informed that there was no membership fee for becoming a member of the RTIUA and one can visit the website www.rightto.info and register there to become a member of the association. After registration as a member, one can download sample RTI applications, sample appeals, Act, Rules and even post questions or post blogs relating to RTI. Kamal Anand informed that RTIUA would be consolidating its base at the District and village level too and in due course would be selecting people who are willing to volunteer at District level to guide RTI Users. “We are looking for volunteers who have been using RTI in public interest and have reasonable understanding of the RTI Act and the legal system. Proven track record of work in the interest of public is an essential requirement; however RTIUA has decided not to select any political workers as office bearers for obvious reasons.” Kamal added. The association currently has over 500 RTI users as its members not only from these six states but also from across the country. |
