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-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Transparency gets another blow: MHA declines information on Padma awards 2015 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It seems that present Union government is bent upon preventing transparency in its working when now Union Ministry for Home Affairs (MHA) shockingly and surprisingly deviated from its earlier practice to provide information on selection process of Padma awards just after announcement of Padma awards on eve of Republic Day (25th January) every year. Central Public Information Officer at MHA vide a response No. 24/62/2015-Public dated 27.02.2015 declined information on an RTI petition dated 27.01.2015, while in the year 2014 similar RTI petition seeking information on selection-process of Padma awards 2014 was responded vide response No. 24/126/2014-Public dated 18.03.2014. Rather following a communication from Central Information Commission, details of selection process was put on MHA website like it presently exists for Padma awards 2014. With appointment of Chief Information Commissioner (apart from three more Information Commissioner) now pending for last more than six months with no chance of appointment in near future and a hanging sword of dismissal/quitting of outsourced employees at Central Information Commission (CIC), work at CIC is almost at a standstill for petitions relating to most of public authorities including most important ones handled by Chief Information Commissioner. Instead of a slow killing of RTI Act, Union government can save funds by altogether repealing RTI Act rather than providing ‘non-information’ on RTI petitions like the one quoted above with even PMO lost its reputation for being amongst the best public authority to respond to RTI petitions.~ SUBHASH CHANDRA AGRAWAL
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FIRST APPEAL UNDER SECTION 19(1) OF RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT
REQUESTING FOR AN EARLY (IMMEDIATE) DISPOSAL
Shri Satpal j i Chauhan
Joint Secretary (Admn) amp First Appellate Authority
Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA)
Room Number 194 North Block New Delhi-II 000I
Sir
I vide my RTI petition dated 27012015 sought information together correspondencefileshy
notingsdocuments on under-mentioned aspects relating to Padma-awards 2015
1 List of nominations reaching MHA by stipulated last date with names of those recommending
nominations authority through which MHA received nominations and dates on which
nominations reached to (a) recommending authorities and (b) MHA mentioning also last date of
receiving nominations at MHA
2 Names of Search-Committee-Members
3 Names considered by Search-Committee
4 Names recommended bySearch-Committee
5 Names endorsed by Awards-Committee out of those recommended by Search-Committee
6 Days and time-duration on which Search-Committee met to finalize nominations with minutes
of meetings
7 Names of recommendations reached to MHA after last date of receiving nominations
8 Names of persons endorsed by Awards-Committee whose recommendations reached by
stipulated last date
9 Names of persons endorsed by Awards-Committee whose recommendations reached after
stipulated last date
10 Names of persons recommended by either of President Vice President Prime-Minister or Union
Home Minister after stipulated last date
] 1 Names of persons recommended by Awards-Committee itself mentioning names of Awardshy
Committee Memberls recommending such names
12 Names of persons endorsed by Awards-Committee which were recommended by either of
President Vice President Prime-Minister or Union Home Minister or Awards-Committee itself
after stipulated last date
13 Complete information on any recommendation which were not recommended by either of
President Vice President Prime-Minister or Union Home Minister but reached MHA after
stipulated last date put before Awards-Committee
14 Names of members of Awards-Committee mentioning Field-of-Eminence
15 Date on which set of recommendations were dispatched from MHA to A wards-Committeeshy
Members for their studyperusal before meeting of Awards-Committee
16 Days and time-duration on which Awards-Committee met to finalize nominations with minutes of
meetings
17 Namesnumber of endorsed persons which were later rejected by tax intelligence or other bodies
after their names were endorsed by the Awards-Committee mentioning also names of authority
rejecting such names
18 Complete details on telephonic-confirmation sought from members of Awards-Committee on any
recommendation for Padma-award
19 List of names endorsed by Awards-Committee but not included in final list of awardees with
complete information on not including such endorsed names in final list
20 Names ofPadma-awardees refusing to accept Padma-awards-2015
21 Name of individual sending maximum number of recommendations
22 Number of recommendations received from each of statesministries
23 Names ofPadma-awardees in year 2015who were previously honoured with Padma-awards
24 Complete information on objection received on name of some Padma-awardee-2015
25 Calendar (dates) followed for different stages in selectionannouncement of awards including
dates of receiving consent of probabJe awardees
26 Complete information on briefing Union Home Secretary by officers prior to meeting of Awardsshy
committee mentioning also names and designations of officers present in briefing and minutes of
meetingfile-noting of such meeting for briefing Union Home Secretary
27 File-notings on movement of RTI-petition
Shockingly and surprisingly learned CPIO vide reply No 24622015-Public dated 27022015
declined information on the plea that process for Padma-awards 2015 is not yet been completed
Learned CPIO did not take trouble to go through files of RTI responses on Padma-awards
relating to earlier years when all such similar queries were responded on filing RTI petition
immediately after announcement ofPadma awards on eve ofRepublic D~y Refere~ce is invited
to response No 2412620 I 4-Public dated 18032014 in response to my RTI petition 27012014
where even a first appeal was decided vide an order dated 09052014 by your honour
Rather following a communication from Central Information Commission much of the details
sought under this very RTI petition is to be put on MHA website like presently exists for Padma
awards 2014 I appeal that the learned CPIO may kindly be directed to provide point-wise
response to each of the queries together with sought and related documents but now to be
provided free-of-cost under section 7(6) of RTI Act I also appeal that all those details which
were put on MHA website for Padma awards 2014 may also kindly be directed to be placed on
MHA website in respect of Padma awards 2015 Since CPIO has deliberately deviated from
earlier practice of providing information on Padma awards just after announcement of awards on
eve of Republic Day I request for an early rather immediate disposal of this first appeal as a
special case It is prayed accordingly
Humbly submitted ~
SUBHASH CHANDRA AGRAWAL
(Guinness Record Hoder amp RTJ Activist)
1775 Kucha Lattushah
Dariba Chandni Chowk
DELHI 110006 (India)
Mobile 981 003371 1 Fax 23254036
E-m~il subhashchandraagrawalgmailcom
subhashagrawal1950gmailcom
httpsllwwwfacebookcomSubhashAgrawalRTIactivist
Follow me on twitter suhhashrti
03032015
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)11(DusH ant Singh)
No 246220 15-Public Government of India Bharat Sarkar
Ministry of Home Affairsl Grih Mantralaya
North Block New Delhi
Dated the February 27 2015 To
Shri Subhash Chandra Agrawal 1775 Kucha Lattushah Dariba Chandni Chowk Delhi-I 10006
Subject Information under Right to Information Act 2005
Please refer to your application-dated 27012015 under the Right to Information
Act 2005 received by the CPIO on 522015 seeking information about Padma Awards
2015 The process for Padma A wards 2015 has not yet been completed Hence no
information can be provided at this stage
2 Appeal if any may be made under Section 19(1) of the RTI Act to Shri Satpal
Chouhan Joint Secretary (Admn) Room no 194 Ministry of Home Affairs NortV
New Delhi-l10001 the Appellate Authority within 30 days
Central Public Information Officer
i
13 Complete information on any recommendation which were not recommended by either of
President Vice President Prime-Minister or Union Home Minister but reached MHA after
stipulated last date put before Awards-Committee
14 Names of members of Awards-Committee mentioning Field-of-Eminence
15 Date on which set of recommendations were dispatched from MHA to A wards-Committeeshy
Members for their studyperusal before meeting of Awards-Committee
16 Days and time-duration on which Awards-Committee met to finalize nominations with minutes of
meetings
17 Namesnumber of endorsed persons which were later rejected by tax intelligence or other bodies
after their names were endorsed by the Awards-Committee mentioning also names of authority
rejecting such names
18 Complete details on telephonic-confirmation sought from members of Awards-Committee on any
recommendation for Padma-award
19 List of names endorsed by Awards-Committee but not included in final list of awardees with
complete information on not including such endorsed names in final list
20 Names ofPadma-awardees refusing to accept Padma-awards-2015
21 Name of individual sending maximum number of recommendations
22 Number of recommendations received from each of statesministries
23 Names ofPadma-awardees in year 2015who were previously honoured with Padma-awards
24 Complete information on objection received on name of some Padma-awardee-2015
25 Calendar (dates) followed for different stages in selectionannouncement of awards including
dates of receiving consent of probabJe awardees
26 Complete information on briefing Union Home Secretary by officers prior to meeting of Awardsshy
committee mentioning also names and designations of officers present in briefing and minutes of
meetingfile-noting of such meeting for briefing Union Home Secretary
27 File-notings on movement of RTI-petition
Shockingly and surprisingly learned CPIO vide reply No 24622015-Public dated 27022015
declined information on the plea that process for Padma-awards 2015 is not yet been completed
Learned CPIO did not take trouble to go through files of RTI responses on Padma-awards
relating to earlier years when all such similar queries were responded on filing RTI petition
immediately after announcement ofPadma awards on eve ofRepublic D~y Refere~ce is invited
to response No 2412620 I 4-Public dated 18032014 in response to my RTI petition 27012014
where even a first appeal was decided vide an order dated 09052014 by your honour
Rather following a communication from Central Information Commission much of the details
sought under this very RTI petition is to be put on MHA website like presently exists for Padma
awards 2014 I appeal that the learned CPIO may kindly be directed to provide point-wise
response to each of the queries together with sought and related documents but now to be
provided free-of-cost under section 7(6) of RTI Act I also appeal that all those details which
were put on MHA website for Padma awards 2014 may also kindly be directed to be placed on
MHA website in respect of Padma awards 2015 Since CPIO has deliberately deviated from
earlier practice of providing information on Padma awards just after announcement of awards on
eve of Republic Day I request for an early rather immediate disposal of this first appeal as a
special case It is prayed accordingly
Humbly submitted ~
SUBHASH CHANDRA AGRAWAL
(Guinness Record Hoder amp RTJ Activist)
1775 Kucha Lattushah
Dariba Chandni Chowk
DELHI 110006 (India)
Mobile 981 003371 1 Fax 23254036
E-m~il subhashchandraagrawalgmailcom
subhashagrawal1950gmailcom
httpsllwwwfacebookcomSubhashAgrawalRTIactivist
Follow me on twitter suhhashrti
03032015
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)11(DusH ant Singh)
No 246220 15-Public Government of India Bharat Sarkar
Ministry of Home Affairsl Grih Mantralaya
North Block New Delhi
Dated the February 27 2015 To
Shri Subhash Chandra Agrawal 1775 Kucha Lattushah Dariba Chandni Chowk Delhi-I 10006
Subject Information under Right to Information Act 2005
Please refer to your application-dated 27012015 under the Right to Information
Act 2005 received by the CPIO on 522015 seeking information about Padma Awards
2015 The process for Padma A wards 2015 has not yet been completed Hence no
information can be provided at this stage
2 Appeal if any may be made under Section 19(1) of the RTI Act to Shri Satpal
Chouhan Joint Secretary (Admn) Room no 194 Ministry of Home Affairs NortV
New Delhi-l10001 the Appellate Authority within 30 days
Central Public Information Officer
i
to response No 2412620 I 4-Public dated 18032014 in response to my RTI petition 27012014
where even a first appeal was decided vide an order dated 09052014 by your honour
Rather following a communication from Central Information Commission much of the details
sought under this very RTI petition is to be put on MHA website like presently exists for Padma
awards 2014 I appeal that the learned CPIO may kindly be directed to provide point-wise
response to each of the queries together with sought and related documents but now to be
provided free-of-cost under section 7(6) of RTI Act I also appeal that all those details which
were put on MHA website for Padma awards 2014 may also kindly be directed to be placed on
MHA website in respect of Padma awards 2015 Since CPIO has deliberately deviated from
earlier practice of providing information on Padma awards just after announcement of awards on
eve of Republic Day I request for an early rather immediate disposal of this first appeal as a
special case It is prayed accordingly
Humbly submitted ~
SUBHASH CHANDRA AGRAWAL
(Guinness Record Hoder amp RTJ Activist)
1775 Kucha Lattushah
Dariba Chandni Chowk
DELHI 110006 (India)
Mobile 981 003371 1 Fax 23254036
E-m~il subhashchandraagrawalgmailcom
subhashagrawal1950gmailcom
httpsllwwwfacebookcomSubhashAgrawalRTIactivist
Follow me on twitter suhhashrti
03032015
___
)11(DusH ant Singh)
No 246220 15-Public Government of India Bharat Sarkar
Ministry of Home Affairsl Grih Mantralaya
North Block New Delhi
Dated the February 27 2015 To
Shri Subhash Chandra Agrawal 1775 Kucha Lattushah Dariba Chandni Chowk Delhi-I 10006
Subject Information under Right to Information Act 2005
Please refer to your application-dated 27012015 under the Right to Information
Act 2005 received by the CPIO on 522015 seeking information about Padma Awards
2015 The process for Padma A wards 2015 has not yet been completed Hence no
information can be provided at this stage
2 Appeal if any may be made under Section 19(1) of the RTI Act to Shri Satpal
Chouhan Joint Secretary (Admn) Room no 194 Ministry of Home Affairs NortV
New Delhi-l10001 the Appellate Authority within 30 days
Central Public Information Officer
i
___
)11(DusH ant Singh)
No 246220 15-Public Government of India Bharat Sarkar
Ministry of Home Affairsl Grih Mantralaya
North Block New Delhi
Dated the February 27 2015 To
Shri Subhash Chandra Agrawal 1775 Kucha Lattushah Dariba Chandni Chowk Delhi-I 10006
Subject Information under Right to Information Act 2005
Please refer to your application-dated 27012015 under the Right to Information
Act 2005 received by the CPIO on 522015 seeking information about Padma Awards
2015 The process for Padma A wards 2015 has not yet been completed Hence no
information can be provided at this stage
2 Appeal if any may be made under Section 19(1) of the RTI Act to Shri Satpal
Chouhan Joint Secretary (Admn) Room no 194 Ministry of Home Affairs NortV
New Delhi-l10001 the Appellate Authority within 30 days
Central Public Information Officer
i
