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Uttar Pradesh: Official asked to serve meals to students as 'symbolic punishment' for delay in responding to RTI

Press Trust of India • April 27, 2022, 16:12:20 IST
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Village development officer and PIO of Noonra village Chandrika Prasad did not respond to the RTI within the stipulated time period of 30 days

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Uttar Pradesh: Official asked to serve meals to students as 'symbolic punishment' for delay in responding to RTI

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh State Information Commission has asked a public information officer to feed mid-day meals to 250 school students in Ghazipur as a “symbolic punishment” for delay in replying to an RTI. RTI applicant Bhupendra Kumar Pandey had sought information about development work in Noonra village in Ghazipur district under the Right to Information (RTI) Act in 2016. However, village development officer and PIO of Noonra village Chandrika Prasad did not respond to the RTI within the stipulated time period of 30 days. Hearing the application moved by Pandey, Information Commissioner Ajay Kumar Uprety on Monday directed Prasad to serve meals to students of a primary school in the village on April 29. Uprety also asked the official to record the act and submit the video to the commission while ensuring that the expenditure on the meals does not exceed Rs 25,000. “Generally, we impose a cash penalty of Rs 25,000 on the PIOs who cause delay in providing information under the RTI Act,” Uprety told PTI. However, Prasad didn’t deliberately cause the delay and has been given a “symbolic and out of the box punishment”, Uprety said, adding that the real culprit is former village development officer and PIO (Panchayati Raj department) Gopal Singh who has been fined of Rs 25,000 under section 20(1) of the RTI Act. Under the RTI Act, PIOs are supposed to provide the information within 30 days of receiving the RTI application. If the PIOs do not abide by this order, the commission can recommend disciplinary action under the service rules applicable to them under section 20(2) of the RTI Act. Read all the Latest News , Trending News ,  Cricket News , Bollywood News , India News and Entertainment News here. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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