So far, the Goa Information commission has disposed off 29 cases , both complaints and appeals included all of which are on the web site http://egov.goa.nic.in/sic.aspx.
The important thing to be noted is that all orders of the commission are complied with, including the latest one by the police dept of goa. It has issued instructions to its staff that the APIOs have no jurisdiction to refuse information. Only one public authority has gone to the high court, which has not yet admitted.
The Goa government has not yet placed funds at the disposal of the commission. Last time , I raised this point in the interaction meeting organised by the Goa chapter of institute of public administration, the chief secretary of goa has expressed his rightful indignation that such matters will take time. Well, 11 months have passed by after the RTI Act has come into force and 6 months passed by after the state commission is constituted. It is for the readers to come to a conclusion whether sufficient time was available for the government to make this order of placing funds for the functioning mof the goa commission.
(A Venkataratnam)
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