GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

INSTITUTE OF SECRETARIAT TRAINING & MANAGEMENT

DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL & TRAINING

ADMINISTRATIVE BLOCK, JNU CAMPUS (OLD), OLOF PALM MARG, NEW DELHI – 110067

TELEPHONE – 011-26164285;     FAX – 011-26104183

WEBSITE: - WWW.ISTM.GOV.IN

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 File No- A-33019/02/2014 -ISTM                                                                                                     Date: 15th May, 2014

 


To

1.                  All Central Ministries / Departments

2.                  All Attached / Subordinate Offices

3.                  All Public Sector Undertakings

 

Sub:-    One day Workshop on “Disposal of Appeal under RTI” to be held on 14th August, 2014 (Thursday)  at ISTM, New Delhi.

 Sir / Madam,

             The Institute of Secretariat Training and Management will be conducting a One day “Workshop on Disposal of Appeal under RTI” on 14th August, 2014 for officers senior in rank to the PIOs in various public authorities, having the responsibility to function as appellate authority under RTI Act, 2005.

 2.                  The aim of the workshop is to provide to the first appellate authorities under RTI Act 2005, a platform to discuss various nuances of considering an appeal against the decision of the Public Information Officer.

 3.                  Only such officers should be nominated who can attend the programme on whole time basis.  While making nominations the level and type of participants as indicated in Annexure-1 may kindly be borne in mind.  An officer who have already attended similar programme conducted by ISTM or any other institute should not be nominated for this programme.

 4.       Nomination (s) in the enclosed proforma (Annexure-II) may kindly be sent to the undersigned so as to reach latest by 14th July, 2014. However, it is compulsory to fill the nomination form online through ISTM website (www.istm.gov.in). The receipt of nomination does not guarantee admission of an officer in the course. Therefore, the officer(s) concerned should be relieved for attending the programme only after receipt of specific confirmation regarding acceptance of the nomination.

 
Yours faithfully,

Encl:

1.  Workshop brochure

2.   Nomination form                                                                                                                                             (K. GOVINDARAJULU)

JOINT DIRECTOR & WORKSHOP DIRECTOR

 

 

 

 

 

Annexure-1

Workshop

 

On

 

Disposal of Appeal

under

RTI

 

(14th August, 2014)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 
 

 

Institute of Secretariat Training and Management

Government of India

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions

Department of Personnel and Training

JNU Old Campus, Olof Palme Marg

New Delhi – 110 067.

Website: http://www.istm.gov.in

 

 

 

The Institute

 

ISTM is a premier training institute under the administrative control of the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (Department of Personnel and Training), Government of India, and a lead resource center in the country for strengthening professional capabilities of trainers in the Central and State Training Institutes.  It has in its faculty, several “Master Trainers” and “Recognised Users” as national resource persons in the area of training techniques.

 The Right to Information Act, 2005 came into force on 12 October 2005 to provide for setting out the practical regime of Right to Information for citizen to secure access to information under the control of public authorities, in order to promote transparency and accountability in the working of every public authority.    With a view to facilitating smooth implementation of the Act, the Training Division, Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), has entrusted to ISTM, New Delhi, the task of capacity enhancement initiative.    Accordingly, the Institute has already conducted large number of Workshops for various levels of functionaries in the Government belonging to public authorities.  With this experience, ISTM has now on its rolls a set of dedicated faculty equipped thoroughly on every detail in the Right to Information Act, 2005.

 

The Need

 In the Right to Information Act 2005 a 2-layer provision of appeal against the decision of the PIO has been included.  The first appeal is to be considered departmentally by an officer senior in rank to the PIO and the second and final appeal rests with the Central Information Commission. 

 Several first appellate authorities have attended workshops at ISTM and have validated training module delivered by ISTM for equipping the first appellate authorities with requisite skills. 

 

The Workshop

 The Workshop on Disposal of Appeal under RTI will cater, comprehensively, to the functional needs of the senior officers designated by public authorities to consider appeals against the decisions of their PIOs.

 

Level of Participants

 Officers senior in rank to the PIOs in various public authorities, having the responsibility to function as appellate authority under RTI Act, 2005.

 

Duration

 One day (0930 hrs – 1700 hrs).

 

 

Aim

 With a view to strengthening the first check post of RTI regime of transparency of information, the Workshop aims to provide to the first appellate authorities a platform to discuss various nuances of considering an appeal against denial of information.

 

Objectives

 By the end of this workshop, the participants will be able to:

 ü    Admit a fully referenced appeal;

ü    Scan CPIOs action on original request for information; and

ü    Respond through a speaking order.

 

Course Contents

 ü    Details of appeal by a requester or a third party.

ü    Grounds for appeal.

ü    Consideration of appeal.

 

Methodology

With a view to generating a learning environment the Workshop would be conducted through highly participative training methods including experience sharing, problem solving and presentations.

 

Language

 The proceedings of the workshop will be in mixed language of Hindi and English.

 

Capacity  :    25 (Twenty Five)

 

Training Material

 (i)                 The Right to Information Act, 2005;

(ii)               CIC (Appeal Procedure) Rules 2005;

(iii)             Right to Information (Regulation of Fee and Cost) Rules 2005;

(iv)             Copy of CIC decisions.

 

Faculty

 The Workshop will be implemented by the professionally competent in-house faculty of the Institute.

 

Fee

 No fee would be charged for attending this workshop from the participants as this workshop is sponsored by Department of Personnel and Training, Government of India.

 

 

 

Hostel Accommodation

 ISTM has a hostel facility where AC rooms are available on twin sharing basis.  For advance reservation of accommodation at the ISTM Hostel, the following officer may be contacted directly:

 

Sh. Gagandeep Chawla,

Asst. Director & Hostel Warden,

Institute of Secretariat Training and Management,

Department of Personnel and Training,

Hostel Block No.1, Old JNU Campus,

Olof Palme Marg,  New Delhi – 110 067.

 Tel #  26177058,  Telefax:  (011) – 26104183,

 

Nomination

 Nominations in the prescribed format (Annexure) duly completed and signed by the sponsoring authority should reach:

 

 Sh. K.G. Govindarajulu,

Joint Director & Course Director

Institute of Secretariat Training and Management,

Department of Personnel and Training,

R.No. 104, Administrative Block,

JNU Old Campus, Olof Palme Marg,

New Delhi – 110 067.

Tel. No. 2616428, Mob. 9968248083 Telefax:  (011) – 26104183

 

Dates:

 ·                     The Workshop will be conducted at ISTM on:   14 Aug.2014

·                     Last date of receipt of nominations:  14 July,2014