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ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES Ansari Nagar, New Delhi-29 ************* No.F.35-17/2005-Estt.I Dated 12/12/2005 MEMORANDUM
Subject:- Implementation of “Right to Information Act, 2005” at the AIIMS, New Delhi. *************
In continuation of the Memorandum of even number dated the 1st August, 2005 and 24th October, 2005 on the subject cited above, it is once again notified for the general information of all concerned that “Right to Information Act, 2005” has been enacted by the Parliament and published in the Official Gazette on 21st June, 2005 which confers the “Right to Information” on India citizens to secure access to information under the control Public authorities in order to promote transparency and accountability in the working of every public Authority.
Definitions under the Act are as under:-
Ø Section 2 (f) - “Information” means :-
“any material in any form including records, documents, memos, e-mails, opinions, advices, press releases, circulars, orders, logbooks, contracts, reports, papers, samples, models, data material held in any electronic form and information relating to any private body which can be accessed by a public authority under any other law for the time being in force.”
Ø Section 2 (i) - “Records” means:-
(a) any document, manuscript and file; (b) any microfilm, microfiche and facsimile copy of a document; (c) any reproduction of image or images embodied in such microfilm (whether enlarged or not); and (d) any other material produced by a computer or any other device.
Ø Section 2 (j) - “Right to Information” means:-
(i) inspection of work, documents, records; (ii) taking notes, extracts or certified copies of documents or records; (iii) taking certified samples of material; (iv) obtaining information in the form of diskettes, floppies, tapes, video cassettes or in any other electronic mode or through printouts where such information is stored in a computer or in any other device.
Ø Section 6 (l) - “FEE”:-
A request for obtaining information under sub-section (1) of section 6 shall be accompanied by an application fee of rupees ten by way of cash against proper receipt or by demand draft or bankers cheque payable to the Director of the AIIMS..
For providing the information under sub-section (1) of Section 7, the fee shall be charged by way of cash against proper receipt or by demand draft or bankers cheque payable to the Director of the AIIMS at the following rates:-
(a) rupees two for each page (in A-4 or A-3 size paper) created or copied; (b) actual charge or cost price of a copy in larger size paper; (c) actual cost or price for samples or models; and (d) for inspection of records, no fee for the first hour; and a fee of rupees five for each fifteen minutes (or fraction thereof) thereafter.
For providing the information under sub-section (5) of section 7, the fee shall be charged by way of cash against proper receipt or by demand draft or bankers cheque payable to the Director of the AIIMS at the following rates:-
(a) for information provided in diskette or floppy rupees fifty per diskette or floppy; and (b) for information provided in printed form at the price fixed for such publication or rupees two per page of photocopy for extracts from the publication.
3.In exercise of powers conferred by Section 5 of the RTI Act, 2005, the Director, AIIMS is pleased to designate the following officers of the Institute, as under:-
I) APPELLATE AUTHORITY
Prof. Y.K. Gupta, Telephone No- 26593282
The Appellate Authority is supposed to consider the appeal when the request for seeking information has been rejected by the Central Public Information Officer.
II) CENTRAL PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER
Mr. Shailesh Kumar Yadav Deputy Director (Admn.) Director’s Wing Ground Floor, P.C. Block, AIIMS, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi-29 Contact No. 26594804, 26588777
The Central Public Information Officer shall be responsible to deal with the applications received in writing or through electronic means in English or Hindi or any other official language accompanied by the prescribed fee, for providing information and shall provide such information or reject the application within a period of 30 days from the date of receipt of the request. In case a request for providing information is rejected by the Public Information Officer, the latter will communicate so to the requester and will also communicate him the particulars of the Appellate Authority in this regard.
III) CENTRAL ASSTT. PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER
Shri Attar Singh, Chief Administrative Officer Room No.15, 1st Floor, Administrative Block, AIIMS, Ansari Nagar, New Dehi-29
Contact No. 26594802, 26588391
He
is supposed to receive the applications for information or Appeals under this
Act for forwarding the same forthwith to the Central Public Information Officer
4.In view of above, any person, be it employee of the Institute or general public, who desires to obtain any information under the Right to Information Act, shall make a request in writing or through electronic means in English or Hindi or in the official language, accompanying prescribed fee, to the Central Assistant Public Information Officer specifying the particulars of the information sought and intimate his/her personal details that may be necessary for contacting him/her or communicating the desired information.
5. The Dean (Academic/Exam.), the Medical Superintendent, all Chiefs of Centres/ Heads of the Departments/Units and all Branch Officers are, therefore, requested to give wide publicity of the “Right to Information Act, 2005.”
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ADMN. OFFICER (LEGAL)
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