Smt. Sashiprava Bindhani, most Inefficient Information Commissioner
in Odisha-Why
(Bulletin-1)
RTI is the most empowering law in India for
the common people to think themselves as master of the country. This law has not only empowered to citizens
to access the information held by the public authorities but
right to inspection of records,
documents and files in the offices of
Public Authorities. Being
empowered with RTI Act, the common people are using RTI to expose corruption as
well as monitoring status of their
grievance petitions and denial of entitlements by officials. In case of
complaints or appeals about denial of information or hindrance by the PIO to
access the information, the State Information Commission is empowered to hear
and dispose the case giving justice to the complainant/ appellant. If anybody
is aggrieved with order of the Commission, he or she is empowered to file complaint to Governor
against State Information Commission under section 17 of the RTI Act seeking
enquiry into it or challenge it in High
Court. For this purpose, the copy of
decision is required urgently from the office of Commission.
I am referring a case of
Sashiprava Bindhani, SIC who has not only failed to write the decision properly but also
took months together to send the
copy of the order.
1. Being
aggrieved of denial of the information by the PIO and
First Appellate Authority, office of
Directorate of State Institute of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of Odisha, I
filed second appeal to Odisha Information Commission on 10.8.14.
2. After
two years, Hearing of the case started
in Odisha Information Commission. The
case is registered as Second Appeal No. 1971/2014.
3. Smt. Sashiprava Bindhani , SIC who heard the
case fixing several dates disposed my
case on 11.1.2017.
4. It
is generally expected that the copy of
the decision will reach within few days.
5. But I received the copy of my decision on 10.4.17 , after around 3 months of disposal of the case.
6. The moot question is when Sashiprava Bindhani is drawing salary of
Rs. 2,20,000/- per month with other allowances ad
facilities and supported by a good number of Staff like Assistant
Registrar, Law officer, Data processor and many more, why she hears only 14 cases
in a day and takes
3 months to send copy of the order.
Is she incapable to write proceedings and order of the case
and lack judicial mind to quickly
write the order. Or is she not
academically sound to write
order.
7. The
primary work of the people in Judiciary
and quasi-judicial bodies is to hear the case properly, deliver justice to aggrieved people
and send copy of the order to
petitioner quickly in order to help him/her to pursue his/her case in another
forum, if she or he is not
satisfied with the decision.
8. Is
it not wastage of the public money?. Even,
the proceedings of the order also suffer from many mistakes. Date of filling of Second Appeal, date of
registration of Second Appeal, date of hearing of the cases, order of the
Commission in different dates is not mentioned in the order.
9. As
the PIO has deliberately denied the information on useless ground, Mrs. Bindhani exonerated him from
penalty.
10. As
the PIOs are being exonerated from penalty, they are seen encouraged to defy
RTI Act and misbehaving the information-seekers.
Pradip Pradhan
M-9937843482
Date-16.4.17
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