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Application under the Right to Information Act, 2005 FORM A

Website: www.nyayabhoomi.org Email: [email protected]

R TI P UB LI C T PT S AN IT AT IO N K IL L T OB AC CO E NV IR ON ME NT

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My ref. is 661 dated 20 November 2007 Your ref. is .. dated .

APPLICANTS NAME & ADDRESS(Applicant is an Indian citizen)

PIO FROM WHOM INFORMATION IS REQUIRED(PIOs name, designation, address, telephone, etc. where available)

Rakesh Agarwal

120 Scindia HouseConnaught LaneNew Delhi - 110001

Public Information Officer

C/O DirectorGandhi Smiti and Darshan SamitiRajghat, New Delhi - 110002

1. Does this application concern the life and liberty of a person Yes NO

2. Is the applicant below poverty line Yes NO

3. Fee Rs.10. Payment details Cash

(If postal orders are enclosed, I have left the beneficiarys field blank. Please fill in the details yourself.)

4. Type of info. reqd. (in addition to questions asked):

Documents copies

Inspection of records

Inspection of workSamples of material

5. Method of supply of information:

Speed/registered post

I will arrange collection

EmailOther

6. Third partys name and address N.A.

7. Period for which info required (2001 to 2005 means Jan 2001 to Dec 2005): 1984 till date

8. Subject/summary of the information required

RTI Compliance, Accounts and other information

NOTES CONCERNING COMMONLY MADE MISTAKES BY PUBLIC AUTHORITIES

Following notes have been culled from CICs various decisions. For specific decision no./date, contact us.

A PA can divide responsibilities among PIOs, but every PIO & APIO has to accept every application.

PIO named in the application has to provide information. He cannot forward to another PIO internally.

By virtue of the above and in accordance with several decisions of the CIC, information cannot beprovided to an applicant from/through various PIOs or in bits and parts. It has to be consolidated.

Section 6(3) of the Act cannot be invoked to transfer an application within the same PA.

Even if information is available on the website of the PA a citizen can ask for it through an application.

No document can be classified arbitrarily as secret or confidential except as provided for in the Act.

Section 7(9) cannot be used to refuse information. It only means that PIO can provide information in

the available format if the requested format disproportionately diverts resources of the PA.

Any attempt at frustrating an applicant from submitting the application invites complaint under section

18(1). Such complaints are dealt with seriously and compensation to complainant can be awarded.

An APIOs job is only to receive an application or an appeal and forward it to the concerned PIO orAA. He cannot be part of the process of providing information any further.

CIC = Central Information Commission; PA = Public Authority; PIO = Public Information Officer; APIO = Assistant PIO

Total pages including enclosures is 9 Applicants signature

IMPORTANT NOTES

1. Please mention my ref. no. in all your letters. Otherwise, I will not be able to relate it to this

application. In that event, any delays arising will be your responsibility.

2. Where the no. of pages exceeds 20, please scan them and provide them on a CD.3. Please provide information to each point separately without clubbing any two points, even if

you have to repeat the same information.


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I enclose a copy of the first page of your website http://gandhismriti.nic.in. You are a distinct

public authority and required to comply in full with various provisions of the RTI Act 2005.

Therefore, please provide the following information:

RTI COMPLIANCE

1. Under section 4(1)(b) of the RTI Act, you are supposed to publish/disseminate information

under 17 heads. Please advise if you have done so.

2. If yes, please advise the following:

a. Dates on which the information was published/disseminated.

b. The methods and means used to disseminate the information.

c. Has the information been disseminated through/on your website? I have checked

and saved every single page but found no reference to the RTI Act.

d. Please advise the names and addresses of the PIOs and first Appellate Authorities.

e. I would like a hard copy of the information. Please supply it.

3. If you have not disseminated information, please advise the following:

a. The reasons for not disseminating the information.

b. The names, designations & addresses of the persons responsible for disseminating

the information but who have not done so.

c. According to rules/norms/regulations/bylaws, what action is due against the above

officials for their failure to comply with the law.

d. The date by which you will now disseminate the information.

4. Have you prepared reports as required under section 25(2) and 25(3) of the RTI Act 2005?

5. If you have prepared the reports, please supply me copies.

6. Please advise dates when you submitted the copies to the Central Information Commission.

7. If you have not prepared the reports, please provide the following information:

a. state the reasons for not preparing the reports.

b. provide me copies of all documents that evidence efforts made to prepare reports.

c. The names, designations & addresses of the persons responsible for preparing

reports but who have not done so.

d. According to rules/norms/regulations/bylaws, what action is due against the above

officials for their failure to comply with the law.

e. The date by which you will now prepare and submit reports.

8. How many applications under the RTI Act 2005 have you received till date?

9. How many of these applications were returned? Please also state reasons for returning in

each case.

10. How many appeals/complaints are pending against you before the Central Information

Commission?

11. Please provide copies of all decisions of Central Information Commission involving GSDS.


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ACCOUNTS

12. Please provide me copies of your full accounts, and where not available then the provisional

accounts, from the financial year 1984-85 up to till date.

13. Separately, please provide me a list of the inventory of all assets which are valued at

Rs.10,000 or more at their original price/cost or the current updated/depreciated value,

whichever is lower.

14. I would like to inspect all of the above assets together with their original invoices/bills.

Please advise me the location and the date and time of inspection.

STATUTORY

15. Please provide me a copy of the Memorandum and Rules applicable to you.

16. Please provide me a copy of all the bylaws, regulations and policy documents.

17. Please provide copies of the minutes of all meetings of the Governing Body since Jan2001

and the resolutions passed therein.

18. Please provide copies of the minutes of all meetings of the Executive Committee since

Jan2001 and the resolutions passed or decisions taken therein.

19. How many meetings of the Governing Body the Prime Minister has attended since 1984?

FUNCTIONARIES

20. Please provide me the following information in respect of the director(s):

a. A list of all directors since 1984 together with their tenures.

b. Who selects/appoints director?

c. Please provide detailed information as to the process for the appointment of director.

d. Please provide me a copy of the complete file and every piece of information that

was placed before the appropriate authority for consideration for the purpose of

appointment of the current directors.

e. What are the qualifications and skills of the current directors that made them eligible

to be appointed to this post?

f. Detailed terms, conditions, financial emoluments, perks, benefits in kind, etc.

available/application to current directors.

EVENTS, FUNCTIONS, VENUES

21. Please provide the following information in respect of all venues available at your disposal

for the purpose of organizing events and board participants:

a. Name and address of the venue

b. Since when operational

c. Type of venue

d. Area of the venue

e. Facilities available

f. Rental rate since January 2001 along with changes made and the dates


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22. Please advise the complete decision making and administrative process adopted for the

booking of venues.

23. Please provide the following information about all events (for each event separately) that

you organized at either Tees January Marg or Gandhi Darshan Rajghat since January 2001:

a. Dates of the event

b. Name of the event

c. Purpose of the event

d. Programme copy and other literature

e. Chairperson, chief guest and other distinguished guests and invitees

f. Number of people who attended

g. Cost of organizing the event

24. Please provide the following information about all events (for each event separately) that

were organized by outside organizations either at Tees January Marg or Gandhi Darshan,

Rajghat since January 2001:

a. Dates of the event

b. Name and address of the organization

c. Name of the event

d. Type of the event, viz., Conference, Camp, Symposium, Workshop, etc.

e. Purpose of the event

f. Programme copy and other literature available with you

g. Request letter or other communication given by the organization to you in order to

request for booking of the venue

h. Copy of the letter or other communication given by you in confirmation of booking of

the venue

i. Revenue earned by you from the event with detailed break-up of the revenue.

25. On 12th November, I had met Mr. R.S. Mathur for the booking of B.N. Pandey Hall for 23 rd

through 25th of November. Mr. Mathur requested me to send in a faxed request which I did

later that day. Subsequently, I received a letter dated 13.11.07 that since 24th and 25th

November fall on holidays, the space could not be made available to us. Against this

background, please provide the following information since January 2007:

a. Days and dates of staff holidays including weekends

b. Dates and names of events that happened on these holidays

c. If other events could be held on holidays, our event could be held too. Please state

reasons for making an exception in our case

26. I wrote back on my original request letter in my handwriting and faxed it on 17.11.07,

requesting for a booking on the first available three consecutive dates. I followed up the

faxed request with a call to Shri R.S. Mathur but was stunned to hear from him that your

manager/director has decided that you would not give us space at all. Please provide the

reasons for your refusal. I would like to point out that NyayaBhoomi has no previous


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association or relationship with your organization, save for some participation in and moral

support to Jal Biradari and Yamuna Satyagraha a fact known to Shri Sharma, Dr. Savita

Singh and Mr. R.S. Mathur.

27. A weaver is found to be weaving fine cloth at Gandhi Smriti premises at Tees January Marg.

Please supply me a specimen of such cloth under section 2(j)(iii).

28. Please advise how the cloth such woven is sold/distributed/gifted.

Information requested above is only a small part of the detailed research that we have

undertaken to assess the performance of your organization vis--vis the primary objectives for

which public funds are invested in you. More requests for information will follow soon.

If you have any confusion in understanding any of my requirements for information, you may

either call me at 09873-222-222 for clarification, or write to me, or meet me.

Applicant