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Seekers demoralized as PIOs withhold information with impunity Disposal graph of complaints at SIC on decline 9/17/2014 11:54:01 PM Bivek Mathur JAMMU, Sept 17: If figures are any indication, the graph of disposal of complaints in the State Information Commission, the elite transparency institution in the state is falling, shaking the confidence and trust of the information seekers and the people in general. As per figures available with Early Times for seven months beginning January, with an opening balance of 149 and the disposal of 63 complaints, ending July, the disposal of the complaints per month has been registered as 41. For the first three months from January to July, there was a steep rise in the number of complaints disposed off from the figures of 63 to 66 but following March, the graph witnessed a downfall from 66, 58, 46, 32 to 41 ending July. However, the figures of commutative disposal have increased by 306 which was 2076 in the month of January and 2382 ending July but with the slow disposal rate, the opening balance is altered by a short gap of just 28 which was 149 for the month of January and 121 ending July. Similar to this, there is a gap of just one figure in the closing balance which was 142 in January and 141 in July. The slow disposal of complaints further substantiate the fact that there is an increase in the number of RTI Activists filing complaints with different departments while the redressal of the complaints is negligible due to the administrative inertia and corruption prevailing in the government departments as in most of the cases the applicants have either denied the information desired under the RTI Act 2009 or provided wrong information to avoid the higher level inquires against the erring officials. Monthly disposal of complaints/ appeals of J&K State Information Commission Year Month Opening Receipt Disposal Closing Cumulative balance Balance Disposal 2014 January 149 56 63 142 2076 2014 February 142 45 63 124 2139 2014 March 124 46 66 104 2205 2014 April 104 43 58 89 2263 2014 May 89 48 46 91 2309 2014 June 91 62 32 121 2341 2014 July 121 61 41 141 2382   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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