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RAIPUR: Chhattisgarh State Information Commission in a big choice has requested the state authorities to provoke disciplinary motion towards the Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (PCCF-Wildlife) for furnishing mistaken and faulty data to the RTI applicant. This is the primary such ruling by the Commission towards any senior Indian Forest Officer (IFS) in Chhattisgarh.
The applicant Vyas Muni Dwivedi had submitted a criticism to the state forest minister in July 2019 substantiated with information on how two IFS officers had been making an attempt to offer protection to the officers who had been reportedly discovered ‘wrongfully confining’ an elephant in captivity and demanded strict motion towards them.
Minister Mohammed Akbar instantly issued a directive to take motion on the idea of the criticism letter submitted with supporting proof.
Later when the RTI software sought data from the forest division on what steps had been taken by the workplace of the PCCF (wildlife) beneath the minister’s command, he acquired the reply that “the line of action remains under process”.
Not happy with the reply, Dwivedi filed the primary enchantment in October 2019 however acquired the identical reply from the division. Later the applicant moved to the Information Commission together with his second enchantment.
The Commission requested the division to provide paperwork earlier than it concerning the division’s continuing taken on the letter that carried the advice of the forest minister to take motion.
It was discovered that the then PCCF (Wildlife) Atul Shukla had written a note-sheet on 17 September 2019 that it could be higher to tell the RTI applicant that the motion following the minister’s directive is beneath course of on the division stage.
However, the Commission after scrutiny of the paperwork was stunned to search out that the division did not even begin any motion on the advice of the forest minister.
“When no action had even been initiated till the day when the applicant filed his first appeal, how could the information given to him be cited as officially under process? The information provided by the concerned (the then PCCF-Wildlife) was wrong and erroneous”, acknowledged the Commission in its order after the ultimate listening to on the given enchantment.
The Commission has consequently requested the Principal Secretary (Forest) to hunt an evidence from the then PCCF-Wildlife and provoke disciplinary motion towards him.
“The observation by the Commission is equally indicative of the fact on how the senior officials conveniently ignore the directive of the minister on serious issues”, averred Nitin Singhvi, wildlife fanatic.
RAIPUR: Chhattisgarh State Information Commission in a big choice has requested the state authorities to provoke disciplinary motion towards the Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (PCCF-Wildlife) for furnishing mistaken and faulty data to the RTI applicant. This is the primary such ruling by the Commission towards any senior Indian Forest Officer (IFS) in Chhattisgarh.
The applicant Vyas Muni Dwivedi had submitted a criticism to the state forest minister in July 2019 substantiated with information on how two IFS officers had been making an attempt to offer protection to the officers who had been reportedly discovered ‘wrongfully confining’ an elephant in captivity and demanded strict motion towards them.
Minister Mohammed Akbar instantly issued a directive to take motion on the idea of the criticism letter submitted with supporting proof.
Later when the RTI software sought data from the forest division on what steps had been taken by the workplace of the PCCF (wildlife) beneath the minister’s command, he acquired the reply that “the line of action remains under process”.
Not happy with the reply, Dwivedi filed the primary enchantment in October 2019 however acquired the identical reply from the division. Later the applicant moved to the Information Commission together with his second enchantment.
The Commission requested the division to provide paperwork earlier than it concerning the division’s continuing taken on the letter that carried the advice of the forest minister to take motion.
It was discovered that the then PCCF (Wildlife) Atul Shukla had written a note-sheet on 17 September 2019 that it could be higher to tell the RTI applicant that the motion following the minister’s directive is beneath course of on the division stage.
However, the Commission after scrutiny of the paperwork was stunned to search out that the division did not even begin any motion on the advice of the forest minister.
“When no action had even been initiated till the day when the applicant filed his first appeal, how could the information given to him be cited as officially under process? The information provided by the concerned (the then PCCF-Wildlife) was wrong and erroneous”, acknowledged the Commission in its order after the ultimate listening to on the given enchantment.
The Commission has consequently requested the Principal Secretary (Forest) to hunt an evidence from the then PCCF-Wildlife and provoke disciplinary motion towards him.
“The observation by the Commission is equally indicative of the fact on how the senior officials conveniently ignore the directive of the minister on serious issues”, averred Nitin Singhvi, wildlife fanatic.