18 Nov : The Vice Chancellor’s decision to voluntarily withdraw the illegal list of 48 exempted items under RTI Act is an eyewash, in view of the fact that the Central Information Commission has already directed the University to immediately withdraw the said illegal list.
It is not true that the university had already withdrawn this list voluntarily, as claimed by the university’s press note today. In fact, the university had tried to mislead the CIC by stating so in their letter No.101-114/RTIC dated 9.9.2009. The fact of the matter is that the University had tried to play a trick by making some revisions to the list and withdrawing it from the access of general public only. But it was decided to continue maintaining the list, though secretly. The attached minutes of the relevant committee makes this more clear.
Now, we demand:
a) The University should provide detailed and complete reply to all such applicants whose request for information have been earlier denied/ delayed / refused on the basis of any of the grounds mentioned in the said impugned list in a time bound manner;
b) Take suitable penal action against the responsible officials/ persons who had framed and implemented the impugned list for several years.