Uploading of RTI replies on respective websites of Ministries/Departments
AS per the RTI guidelines,
All Public Authorities shall proactively disclose RTI applications and appeals received and their responses, on the websites maintained by Public Authorities with search facility based on key words. RTI applications and appeals received and their responses relating to the personal information of an individual may not be disclosed, as they do not serve any public interest.
DoPT has now clarified that while proactively disclosing RTI applications and appeals received and responses thereto, on their website, the personal details of RTI applicant/appellant should not be disclosed as they do not serve any public interest. It is further clarified that the personal details would include name, designation, address, e-mail id and telephone no. including mobile no. of the applicant.
But do those guidelines not apply to the Revenue Boards as we never find the CBEC or CBDT disclosing any RTI applications or their replies. In fact, it is very difficult to get any reply from both the Boards as they will circulate your query to various sections and each section will tell you that the answer is not with that section. I asked the Revenue Department more than two months ago details of officers who have been compulsorily retired. They have sent the query to 27 sections and I am yet to get a complete answer. The Prime Minister had said that he had sent home more than 30 Revenue Officers. I don't know how the Prime Minister got this information.
DoPT F. No. , Dated: October 07, 2016