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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Auto driver files RTI query, gets 39kg of documents -Geetha Sunil Pillai

Auto driver files RTI query, gets 39kg of documents -Geetha Sunil Pillai

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published Published on Jan 14, 2016   modified Modified on Jan 14, 2016
-The Times of India

Jaipur: An auto rickshaw driver got paper sheets weighing 39 kg in reply to an RTI query he filed seeking information on the 1.5 bigahs of his father's cultivable land that was acquired by Rajasthan State Industrial Development and Investment Corporation (RIICO) some 20 years ago in Udaipur's Bhoiyon-ki-pancholi village.

The reason was that he suspected foul play as there were others in the village whose land had not been acquired by RIICO.

To get to the truth, Shantilal, a BPL card holder with an education till Class V , put up three RTI applications in July-August last year seeking details of the total land acquired by RIICO for `colony development' in the area. Since then it has been a harrowing time for the 47-year-old. He alleges that RIICO officials in Udaipur asked him to visit the office `to inspect documents'. They then allegedly threatened him and later sent him a notice seeking Rs 17,482 that were apparently incurred in photocopying his documents.

Shantilal remained undeterred and appealed to higher authorities at the office of RIICO in Udaipur. Following this, on September 17, 2015, the appellate officer ordered that Shantilal be provided requisite details free of charge. For this, Shantilal had cited rule 3 and 4 of the RTI Act under which a person of BPL status can get exemption from any kind of charges. But his ordeal did not end as almost four months later, he received 9,000 pages of reply on Wednesday to the information he had sought. In fact, the postal department refused to deliver the package to his place saying it was too heavy . So, Shantilal had to go to the post office in person to receive the documents.

"The authorities humiliated and threatened me. They even asked what relevance the papers have for an `anpadh, ganvaar' person like me," Shantilal told TOI.

Shantilal has now lodged a complaint against RIICO at the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) court here.

When TOI asked what he would do with the papers, Shantilal said he would consult a social worker or a lawyer on the legal aspects of the case.

The Times of India, 14 January, 2016, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/Auto-driver-files-RTI-query-gets-39kg-of-documents/articleshow/50573636.cms


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