rti on Transport Department , Delhi Govt

Transport Department , Delhi Govt: Public Relations Officer, Transport Department, 5/9 Under Hill Road , Delhi 110054. Phone No. 23994223,09971768881 Email : protpt@hub.nic.in jdadmntpt@hub.nic.in --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For ARAI - Automotive Research Association of India: Shri. Y. K. Upadhyay Senior Manager – HRM & Admin Survey No. 102, Vetal Hill, Off Paud Road, Kothrud, Pune – 411 038 Tele : 020-30231214 Fax: 020-25434190 e-mail : pio@araiindia.com

I wish to seek RTI information on the following points .

I wish to be not identified because there may be  a risk involved in seeking the answers directly.

Preamble:

1… There are several electric auto rickshaws plying in Delhi / New Delhi , having a seating capacity of 4 persons plus driver, have a very high speed, and are capable of 7 persons to be carried. These are three wheelers  without a pedal .

2…The Central Motor Vehicle Rules – CMVR says that all electric vehicles require a valid registration number, a vehicle registration plate, and the driver to have a license if the power of the vehicle is more than 250 W or the speed is more than 25 kmph.

3… The vehicle to be exempted from registration as a vehicle must be having a power less than 250 W and speed less than 25 kmph.

4. The rules are explained on ARAI site : https://www.araiindia.com/faqs_electric_vehicle.asp.

5. The  legally restricted rating upto 250 W motor is a bicycle grade power, just enough to support a small load.

6.. A close look at the motors indicate that the motors are atleast 1000 w to 1500 w – far above the exempted limit.

7…Under Central Excise Rules all electric vehicles are to be excise charged at 6 % excise duty while selling them.

8… The manufacturers are telling that they got the ARAI certificates and therefore they are safe to ply.

RTI related questions:

1… How these electric  vehicles that ply on roads of Delhi/ New Delhi have excess power motors without a number plate.

2.. Why the samples on road  are different from those approved by ARAI -if they are approved at all to ply as exempted vehicles, or where is the number plate and the requirement of a driver license.

3.. What is the liability of buyers and what is liability of sellers in such cases.

4. What is being done to identify and  stop this possible violation of motor power rating and this violation of excise not being charged at the time of sales.

5. How can a seller tie up with insurance companies for vehicle insurance on road- when the actual power is more than 250 W and claimed power is less than 250 W. What is the legality of a policy if the policy is built on wrong facts.

6. What is the insurance safety and cover of passengers in such cases , if there is a mishap on road.

1. Details of movable and immovable properties, assets and liabilities of the following officials and their spouses:

1. Shri A.K.Pandey, Additional PS to Hon’ble Minister of State, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, New Delhi

2. Shri A.Srivastva, General Managers (Bihar, Jharkhand), National Highways Authority of India, New Delhi

2. Is there any link between M/s S&P Infrastructure Developers (P) Ltd., New Delhi and above mentioned two officials?

3. Is the Spouses of the above mentioned officials are holding the position of Director in M/s S&P Infrastructure Developers (P) Ltd., New Delhi?

4. If yes, are the officials declared the same? Is there any nepotism to award the projects to this company? How the relatives of the said officers in the NHAI/MoRTH have been extended undue favour by illegal means?

5. How many projects were awarded by the Ministry and NHAI to above mentioned company since year 2000?

6. List of the officials from MoRTH and NHAI, whose spouse or close relatives are part of the Infrastructure Company / Contractor / Company with the interest of Road development.

Andhra Bank just boasts of their love towards Hindi and actually misguiding Government and other stakeholders on this issue. They are receiving several awards by reporting wrongly. So my questions are:

1. How many letters have been issued from Andhra Bank Head Office during 2011-12

2. Out of which how many letters were Hindi Letters

3. Out of reply being given against question no. 2, how many letters were fully prepared in Hindi/bilingual

4. Out of reply being given against question no. 2, how many of letters were there with just Hindi salutation and/or Hindi Signature, but body of the letter was in English only.

5. If salutation and name of signatory is in Hindi but body of the letter is in English, then, do you consider that letter a Hindi letter

6. Please provide No. of staff as on 31st March 2012 in Andhra Bank Head Office………….

7. Please provide No. of staff in Andhra Bank Head Office as on date, who can prepare letters in Hindi/Bilingual………

Information required–

1. Official Vehicle Purchase/Allotment/Maintenance Policy of IIFCL.
2. No. of vehicles purchased by IIFCL for official use by the officers.
3. Name of the employees to whom it has been allotted.
4. Copy of Log Book for Last Month with movement details.
5. Expenditure on Petrol/Diesel per month for the vehicles.
6. Expenditure on Maintenance of these vehicles.

I would like to inform/remind you that the time limit prescribed in section 7(1) of the RTI Act 2005 for decision on RTI Application is 30 days or (48 hrs in case of Life and Liberty). The RTI Application submitted to you, as referenced above, has exceeded such time limit prescribed in the RTI Act 2005.

1.      Considering the workload at your office, I would wait for an additional period of 10 days for you to provide / decide on the requested information. Thereby, I humbly request you to provide / decide on my RTI Application on or before 18 April , 2012.

2.      Since the time limits prescribed in section 7(1) of the RTI Act 2005 were not followed in this case, I humbly request you to provide all the information requested in RTI Application at free of cost.  Section 7(6) of the RTI Act reads as follows, “… the information shall be provided the information free of charge where a public authority fails to comply with the time limits ….”

3.      In case if I did not receive the information / decision on or before 18 April , 2012, then I shall presume that you have decided to deliberately and knowingly defy provisions of an act passed by the Parliament, and amounting to deemed refusal as u/s 7(2) of the RTI Act 2005.

4.      As per section 19(5) of the RTI Act, “In any appeal proceedings, the onus to prove that a denial of a request was justified shall be on the Central Public Information Officer or State Public Information Officer, as the case may be, who denied the request”  

5.      In case If I did not receive the decision on or before  18 April , 2012, I would be justified in proceeding with one or all of the following;

a.       File a First Appeal to FAA u/s 19(1) of the RTI Act 2005.

b.      File a Complaint to CIC / SIC u/s 18(1) of the RTI Act 2005.

c.       File a Second Appeal with CIC / SIC u/s 19(3) of the RTI Act 2005.

d.      Pray for imposing penalty on PIO as u/s 20(1) of the RTI Act 2005.

e.       Pray for disciplinary action on PIO as u/s 20(2) of the RTI Act 2005.

f.       Pray for suitable compensation to be paid to me by the PA as u/s 19(8)(b) of the RTI Act 2005.

g.       Pray for initiating an inquiry in respect thereof as u/s 18(2) of the RTI Act 2005.

6.      I kindly request you to provide the requested information / decide on my RTI Application as reference above and uphold the spirit of RTI ACT 2005 to ensure TRANSPARENCY and ACCOUNTABILITY in your office.