Four officials fined for ignoring RTI pleas

Jaipur: The state information commission has imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 each on four government officials for ignoring several people's pleas to provide information sought by them. The four officials who have been fined for ignoring the pleas under the transparency law include a former district education officer in

Udaipur

and a government school principal of Chittorgarh district.Information commissioner

Narayan Bareth

also imposed the fine on two other officers -- a development officer of Sriganganagar district and village development officer of

Beriyawali

in Bikaner. The commission fined Udaipur's district education officer (primary education) on the plea of local resident Jayesh who said in his appeal that his application for the information had been lying with the district education officer for a long time but it was not being acted upon.While hearing another case in Chittorgarh, commissioner Bareth imposed a penalty of Rs 5,000 on the then principal of a government school in Gokul. Manoj Ojha had complained to the commission that he was trying to get some information since 2019. But the school management did not listen, he said.In another case, a fine of Rs 5,000 was imposed on a former development officer of Sadulshahar in Sriganganagar district for negligence in giving information. PTI