RTI Act a powerful weapon: Minister
Posted by egovernance on November 19, 2006
RTI Act a powerful weapon: Minister
Staff Reporter
http://www.hindu.com/2006/11/19/stories/2006111902960500.htm
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NIZAMABAD: Minister for Rural Development D. Srinivas has said that the Right to Information Act (RIA) is a powerful weapon in the hands of both people and media. “This Act is very useful to make the administration accountable and to ensure transparency in the administration. You can avail yourself of the Act to get the necessary information from the authorities,” he said while addressing a seminar on Right to Information Act here on Saturday. The seminar was jointly conducted by the Andhra Pradesh Press Academy and the Andhra Pradesh Union of Working Journalists for the benefit of Urdu journalists of Adilabad and Nizamabad districts. Among those who spoke at the seminar were Andhra Pradesh Press Academy Chairman D. Amar, Andhra Pradesh Urdu Academy Chairman Raheemuddin Ansari, Deputy IG Anjanikumar, Collector I.S. Sri Naresh, Mayor D. Sanjay, Commissioner of the Right to Information R. Dileep Reddy and District Congress Committee president G. Gangadhar. |
B K Mishra said
The common man has now a hope as we have RTI. Now, India can be a real great country if RTI implemented in true spirit.
Rajesh Gaunker said
In Many village Panchayats of Goa information officers say they do not have records befor 20years. How to get those information. if informaton are lost by public authority then who is responsible?
ravisuvarna said
K. Gopal Rao Says:
Resp.Sir,
Sub:Police Inaction in the case of house grabbing by Deepak Niranjanath Pandit
Superitendant of Customs,Air Cargo Complex,Mumbai,brother of producer/Director Ashok Pandith by misusing official power /and connection at high places
We, Mr&Mrs.K.Gopal Rao aged 75 years and 65 years are the Legal owners of flat no 803 Brookhill Tower,Andheri(w),Mumbai.Mr and Mrs. Deepak Pandit are known to us through Ravi Suvarna who is also Superirendant of Customs ,
approached to us for temperory shelter for a period of 2-3 months,since in the society in which they stay do not have lift and Mrs Arushi D.Pandit was undergoing a major heart surgery in Leela Hospital and need one bedroom in our flat.Hence,we allowed Mr. Deepak Pandit to stay in our flat with his wife and son(One son is away in angalore),by providing one bed room and allowed them to use common hall and kitchen
on humanitarian and medical ground with out charging a single rupee.
In Sept 2007, we visited our native place in Karnataka,and locked other 3 bedrooms apart from which has been used byDeepak Pandit and his wife Arushi Pandit by showing blind faith
and trust and handed over the keys of main entrance.When we came back from our native place,we found our other two bed rooms locks were broken and the bedrooms have been used
by Mr.Deepak Pandit and Mrs.Arushi D. Pandit.When we asked about this mischief,Mr Deepak Pandit very rudely replied that we people should vacate the flat along with our belongings.We were
shocked and surprised after this incident.
Then we immediatly contacted Ravi Suvarna and Ravi Suvarna contacted Deepak Pandit about vacating the flat.He bluntlydenied to vacate the flat and also threatened with dire consequences and that his brother Mr Ashok Pandit is a very influential political person,and Deepak pandit himself is a Custom Officer and by virtue of his position/post he will grab our flat.
Further we approached to one/two reputed persons in the society and narrated the things which have been going on and requested them to mediate the dispute.He refused to meet the
persons and asked us to pay Rs 10 lakh otherwise he will not vacate the flat .At the same time he mentioned that we will see how he will grab our flat.
Recently we have come to know that other than his house in
Juhu (no 214)juhu Shantivan co-operative Housing Society,bldg
no 13,gulmohar cross road no 6,Andheri(w),he has got one house
at Takur Complex, kandivili(E),and one at Andheri(E). He has rented
out all these houses and took shelter at our place on sympathetic/humanitarian grounds.
We have approached the oshiwara police and lodged written complaints dtd 4/10/07 and 28/02/08 but to no avail.Police have threatened to arrest our grand daughter if she doesn’t vacate the house and she was forced to leave the house at 0400 AM on 05/10/07(By SI Gaikwad,Kadam on the instruction of the PI Sonawane of Oshiwada Police Station).As we are old
aged and can not run from pillar to post,I kindly request yourgoodselves to Publish this issue on your Paper because this kind of acts by people by misusing the legal provisions to their advantage and grabbing only shelter of senior citizens by taking the help of police and security staffof the building.This is nothing but breach of trust and they know that if it goes to court it will take years together.These kind of issues should be debated and people should be educated about this kind of offences/crimes(misuse of legal provisions) which were probably made to safeguard poor tenants
We kindly request your goodselves to take up the matter so that people will get educated about such kind of abuse of legal provisions and also wrong people who misuse the provisions of law to their advantage which were made to safeguard the weeker sections by using official power and connection at high places.As we are old aged and can not run from pillar to post,We kindly request you to publish in your paper after investigating the case and being convinced as an issue(House grabbing).He has made an extra(double) door in our absence and now he is not allowing us to enter the house with the help of Oshiwada police.If a public servant can behave like a goon and grab only house of senior citizens then we are in the same age old tradition of slavery.(We are ready to produce any kind od evidence reg the fact that he is forcefully/illegally stying in our house).He has not got any papers/reciepts
Yours sincerely,
Mr.&Mrs. K.Gopal Rao.
76/41,14th cross,PadmanabhaNagar,
Bangalore-70
Cell No 09343952727
So many people have suffered or lost their houses due to this kind of planned tactics(Khabja). If you publish the article/News,it will definately help people who go to help people innocently and get trapped.I hope there should be amendments in the legal provisions to safeguard genuine cases.As the legal process takes years together and culprits enjoy the possession merrily.Here the system(Law and order/police and legal system has also to be blamed).If things like this continues people will lose humanity and stop helping even in genuine cases.Please help us atleast in educating(legalities) people about this Khabja