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DELHI RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT 2001 :1. TheGovernment of Delhi has given an important right to the
citizens to get the information under the "Delhi Right to
Information Act, 2001". The Act has come into force w.e.f. 2-102001 and citizens can make an application in Form-A to the
Competent Authorities notified under theAct. A nominal fee of Rs.
50/- will be charged for supply if information as prescribed under
the Rules.
2. The Act guarantees that the information, which can be given to
citizens,will be given within 30 days and in case it is to be denied
then the applicant will get a rejection letter with cogent reasons for
rejecting his application within the prescribed period.
3. It provides for right to appeal in Public Grievances Commission.
4. The Act provides for a unique provision for punitive action against
the officials in the form of a fine @ Rs. 50/- per day for delay and
Rs.1000/- for tendering wrong information.
TIME SCHEDULE FOR VARIOUS ACTIVITIES OF THE
DEPARTMENT
S.No. Work /
Activity /
Scheme
Authority
Time
limit for
disposal
of the
appeal.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
1.
Refund of
Executive
earnest
Engineer
money of
Concerned
unsuccessful
tenders
7 days
Superintending 7 days
Engineer
concerned
(after
decision on
the tenders)
2.
3.
15 days
Secretary (I&F)
7 days
b) Intimation
of
registration
after
removal of
deficiencies.
30 days
7 days
Decision on
tenders
a) For works
costing less
than Rs.10
lakhs.
Concerned
Executive
Engineer
60 days
Superintending 7 days
Engineer
b) For works
estimated to
cost more
than 10 lakh
but less than
70 lakhs.
Concerned E.E
10 days
Chief Engineer
10 days
Secretary (I&F)
10 days
Concerned
50 days
Superintending
Engineer
60 days
Total
c) For works
estimated to
cost more
than 70
lakhs
Concerned E.E
10 days
Concerned S.E
10 days
Payment to
Executive
contractors
Engineer
after
Concerned
completion of
the work
a)If the
tendered
value of the
work is upto
Rs. 5 lac.
b)IF the
tendered
value of the
work exceeds
Rs. 5 lac.
6 months
after
submission
of final bill.