Shri Satyananada Misra ji
Hon'ble Chief Information Commissioner of India,
Central Information Commission at New Delhi,
August Kranti Bhawan,
New Delhi
BY EMAIL
15-Feb-2013
Respected Sir
The RTI activists and all forces opposed to corruption in India are still waiting to be informed if any action has been taken by your good self on our various emails to you concerning the non-feasance by Shri Basant Seth in his order dated 15.0.2013 in case no.
CIC/SM/A/2012/900133/BS/1683 dated 15.Jan.2013 titled as "Shri Ishan Chunder versus CPIO/EPFO"
We had requested that this matter be taken up at the bi-weekly meeting of 22-Jan-2013. We sincerely hope that the same has been done and the minutes of meeting would be published on the CIC's website to confirm the same.
As it stands, the utterly corrupt order of Shri Basant Seth still stands on the website, and it seems that this Hon'ble Commission is unwilling to take steps to clarify the legal basis on which it could ever have been passed - and which give strong hint of corruption.
In this connection I may mention that it is very well known that Mr. Basant Seth had been rejected on the short list of the 214 candidates for post of Central Information Commissioner, which list included many eminent persons from civil society. Mr. Basant Seth was only made a Commissioner at the insistence of BJP's Leader of Opposition Ms.Sushma Swaraj purportedly as a quid pro quo for the financial assistance services Mr. Seth had rendered Ms. Swaraj's sponsors the infamous "Bellary brothers" of Karnataka. It seems Mr Seth's old habits are still in place and like another of BJP nominee (former IC Mr. Shailesh Gandhi) corruption rides rampant in your Commission once again.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Civil-society-loses-CIC-seat-to-Sushma-Swaraj-s-candidate/Article1-856291.aspx
The anti-corruption forces and RTI activists of India eagerly await some explanation from you of the action being taken on our public grievances to you on this issue which we hope shall not be swept under the carpet.
Yours faithfully
Sarbajit Roy
National Convenor
India Against Corruption.
On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 11:33 AM, Sarbajit Roy <sroy.mb@gmail.com> wrote:
To:BY Email
Shri Satyananada Misra ji
Hon'ble Chief Information Commissioner of India,
Central Information Commission at New Delhi,
August Kranti Bhawan,
New Delhi
02-Feb-2013I may mention in passing that Mr. Basant Seth has had a long innings in the public sector financial institutions immediately prior to joining the Commission where the bulk of the EPFO's funds are invested.
Respected Sir
The RTI activists and all forces opposed to corruption in India are still greatly agitated that no action has been taken by your good self on our separate emails to you concerning the non-feasance by Shri Basant Seth in his order dated 15.0.2013 in case no.
CIC/SM/A/2012/900133/BS/1683 dated 15.Jan.2013 titled as "Shri Ishan Chunder versus CPIO/EPFO"
We are all collectively concerned and resolved that we have given sufficient time to the Hon'ble Commission to sort out any inadvertent oversight by Mr. Basant Seth concerning this atrocious order. However, the same has not been done and the decision still stands on the website of this Hon'ble Commission as an open invitation to be used/cited by every corrupt Department in India which shall simply instruct its First Appellate Authorities (orally) not to pass decisions in difficult matters without fear of penalty on them or the CPIO.
Sir, we are giving you clear notice of our intention that should the Central Information Commission not withdraw this now seemingly corrupt order, we shall all combine to make an example of Mr. Basant Seth so that no RTI First Appellate Authority in India dares to follow in his footsteps by such blatant non-feasance and dereliction of statutory duty.
With warm regards
yours faithfully
Sarbajit Roy
National Convenor
India Against Corruption, jan andolan
B-59 Defence Colony
New Delhi - 110024
Tel : 011-24334262
On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 10:25 AM, Sarbajit Roy <sroy.mb@gmail.com> wrote:
To:
Shri Satyananada Misra ji
Hon'ble Chief Information Commissioner of India
Central Information Commission at New Delhi
August Kranti Bhawan
21-Jan-2013
Respected Sir
URGENT / BY EMAIL
Sub: Order of Mr. Basant Seth in CIC/SM/A/2012/900133/BS/1683 dated 15.Jan.2013 titled as "Shri Ishan Chunder versus CPIO/EPFO"
I am constrained to inform you that the RTI activists all over the country are greatly agitated by the order/decision of Ld. Information Commissioner Mr.Basant Seth in the above cited matter, which is viewed as a blatant attempt to dilute the statutory powers of the Commission with a view to have the CIC closed down or out-sourced to the retired Judiciary.
The activists who were present at the recent CIC Convention clearly recall your opening speech, alluding to the Namit Sharma judgment, where you had mentioned that the Information Commissioners had always possessed the judicial mind, and we therefore view such orders/decisions as occasional aberrations, unless they are allowed to stand.
Accordingly, I would request you to kindly list/discuss this order (and its attendant issues) tomorrow afternoon at the weekly Tuesday meeting, or to refer this matter to a larger Bench and allow all interested persons to intervene.
We are also given to understand that Ld. Information Commissioner Ms. Sushma Singh is also passing similar orders, and there are apparently oral instructions issued to clear the CIC's humungous backlog pending till April 2012 by such despicable anti-citizen methods so as to befool the Parliament when the CIC's Annual Report is drawn up.
I may also mention that the new CIC Rules cannot be applied retrospectively.
With best wishes for the New Year 2013
yours faithfully
Sarbajit Roy
National Convenor - India Against Corruption
B-59 Defence Colony
New Delhi - 110024
Tel : 011-24334262
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