IT REFERS to Central Information Commissioner Shailesh Gandhi rightly exercising the power granted to him under section 25(5) of Right To Information Act to direct Delhi High Court to modify RTI rules for Delhi district courts in tune with spirit of RTI Act.
Similar directions were earlier given by Central Information Commission (CIC) to Allahabad High Court also to frame its rules according to basic spirit of RTI Act. But such ambiguity in RTI rules by several other high courts and some states still exists. CIC should direct all such public-authorities and states to rectify their rules in conformity with provisions of RTI Act, without waiting for any petition coming before the CIC.
Central Information Commission should take up the matter with Department of Personnel and Training to repeal sections 27 and 28 of RTI Act which give undue powers to states and public-authorities to frame their own rules. ‘One nation one act’ motto should be there so that rules and fees may be exactly same and alike for all states and public-authorities throughout the country for implementation of RTI Act exactly as passed by the Parliament.
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