RTI - Several CBEC Zones are defaulters in submitting Reports to CIC
EVERY Public Authority has to submit four quarterly returns for assessment of their performance during a year under the RTI Act to the CIC. Any Public Authority, which fails to submit their return even for a single quarter, is treated as defaulter for this purpose.
In the Annual Report of the Commission for 2014-15, it is mentioned that the following Chief Commissioners have not filed their returns:
1. Central Excise, Cochin
2. Central Excise and Customs, Pune
3. Central Excise and Customs, Nagpur
4. Central Excise and Customs, Vadodara
5. Central Excise and Customs, Visakhapatnam
6. Central Excise and Customs, Bhopal
7. Central Excise and Customs, Meerut
8. Customs Preventive, Delhi
9. Customs, Ahmedabad
10. Customs, Bangalore
11. Customs, Chennai
12. Customs, Mumbai-II
13. Customs, Mumbai-III
14. Customs, Patna
15. LTU, Bangalore
Several Income Tax Chief Commissioners also figure in the list.
Will these officers keep quiet if their assessees don't file returns? To command is to obey.