Sample Application

Thursday, October 4, 2007

Sample Applications For RTI

Pending work in any department
To, The Public Information Officer
(Name of the Department)
Subject: Application under the RTI Act, 2005
I had made an application for the following reason (copy of application is attached) but no satisfactory action has been taken on my application so far. Please provide the following information with respect to the same:
1. Provide the daily progress made on my application.
2. Please give the names and designations of the officials with whom my application was lying during this period.
3. According to your rules or the Citizens Charter or any other order, in how many days should such a matter be dealt with and resolved? Please provide a copy of these rules.
4. The above officials have not adhered to the time limit mentioned in these rules. Are these officials guilty of violating these rules and hence guilty of misconduct under their conduct rules?
5. What action can be taken against these officials for violating all the above rules and for causing mental agony to the public? By when will this action be taken?
6. By when will my problem be resolved now?
A Ten Rupees Postal Order is attached with my application. or, Please receive Rs. Ten in cash as application fee.
Signature, Name and Address

Inspect government works
The RTI Act empowers any citizen to inspect any government work or to demand sample of material [Section 2(j)(i) & 2(j)(iii)]. You can inspect an old work (which has already been completed) or current, ongoing work. If you inspect an old work, you can expose corruption that might have taken place. But if you inspect an ongoing work, you will be able to prevent corruption from taking place.
To, The Public Information Officer
(Name of the Department)
Subject: Application under the RTI Act, 2005
1. I wish to inspect the following work(s).
(Give list of works that you wish to inspect)
Please let me know the date(s), time(s) and venue(s) when I should come to inspect these work(s).
2. I would also like to inspect the following documents related to these works at the time of inspection. These records should be made available to me for inspection when I come for inspection of these work(s):
a. Measurement book, b. Details of estimates, c. Sketches
3. I would like to take a sample of material for each of the above works. Each sample should be collected by the department in my presence and should be sealed and certified to be a true sample of material of that work.
Signature, Name and Address

Complete list of all streets and road work carried out
1. Please give a list of all the works related to improvement of roads or streets carried out in .......area since April 2005. The list should contain the name of the work, work order No., actual date of start, actual date of completion, amount paid or payable, status of work, name of contractor and mode of improvement of that road or street.
2. In the above works, please give a list of the streets or roads (mentioning from which house No. to which house No. was repaired), which were repaired under that work, the length of repair and average width of repair in each street or road.
3. For each works, please mention what was the guarantee clause, if any and whether it has been invoked so far.
4. After you have prepared the above information, I would like to inspect your measurement books and work order registers related to these works to ensure that you have given complete information.

Copies of all works carried out in a ward
1. Please intimate the MCD ward in which the following address falls: (give the address)
2. Please provide a list of all the works awarded by the Engineering Division (both maintenance and project divisions) of MCD in this whole ward for the period ___ to __.
The list should contain the following details:
a. Name of work b. Work order No.
c. Name of contractor d. Date of start
e. Date of completion f. Rate at which work awarded
g. Sanctioned amount h. Amount paid so far
i. Head of account j. Status of work
k. Basis for decision to undertake this work
l. Sketch of each of these works
m. Copy of the layout sketch of this ward
3. I would also like to inspect the work order registers for this division for the above period to ascertain that the list provided to me is correct. Please intimate the date, time and venue when I could come and inspect the same.

Encroachments
The following properties have encroached on public land. (List of the property). Please provide the following information:
1. Please intimate the size of public land on which encroachment has been done.
2. Please intimate the nature of encroachment. Whether this encroachment is already in the knowledge of the authorities. If yes,
a. When did it first come to their knowledge?
b. What steps have been taken by the authorities to remove it till now?
c. If no steps have been taken, why?
3. I would like to inspect all the files related to the removal of this encroachment. Please intimate the date, time and venue, when I can come to inspect these files.
4. Please provide the names, designations and contact details of the officials who are supposed to remove these encroachments.
5. What action will be taken against the officials and when?
6. By when will the said encroachment be removed?

Commercialization
A large number of properties in ........ Colony are using their premises for commercial purposes in violation of all rules and laws, thus causing inconvenience to the residents. Please provide the following information on this issue:
1. List of all the properties which are being used for commercial purposes in ....Colony. Please intimate the nature of violation in each case.
2. When did each of these violations first come to the knowledge of the MCD? Please indicate in detail the process followed by the MCD for taking action against such violations.
3. Please give the details of the laws, rules or government orders, which are violated by such commercial use. Please indicate the punishment prescribed. What is the process followed by MCD to impose such punishment?
4. What steps have been taken by the authorities in each case so far? Please give details of each case separately. If no steps have been taken in any case, why?

Sweepers do not work properly
Please provide the following information with respect to the sanitary conditions of the beat in the area.........
1. Please provide the list of all the sweepers and sanitation officials with their addresses and contact numbers working in this beat.
2. Please provide a copy of the attendance register and muster roll for this beat for the month of ____.
3. Please mention against each sweeper, his geographical and job responsibilities, for instance, which streets is a particular sweeper supposed to be working everyday and what is he supposed to be doing on those streets.
4. Please provide the names, addresses of offices and the contact numbers of the supervisory officials of the above sweepers in this beat right up to the Sanitary Superintendent level.

Misuse of official vehicles
1. Please provide copies of log books of all the official vehicles, which are either at the disposal of _______ or were used by him/her during the year....
2. Please provide a copy of the rules that apply to the usage of official vehicles by politicians/bureaucrats at his/her level. Please also provide copies of rules governing recovery of excess usage by them.

MLA development fund
1. Please provide the following details for all the works awarded during the period _____to _____ for ....... constituency out of the MLA Fund:
a. Name of work b. Brief description of work
c. Amount sanctioned d. Amount paid
e. Status of completion f. Name of agency
g. Date of start h. Date of completion
i. Copy of sketch k. Rate at which work awarded
2. How was the decision taken to carry out this work?
3. How much money was allotted to him this year and how much has been carried over from previous years?
4. Out of the above, projects worth how much money have already been sanctioned and how many projects worth how much money are awaiting sanction?

Non-cleaning of garbage bin
There is a garbage bin at_________. Please provide the following information with respect to this garbage bin:
1. Please give the address of the depot from where the loader and truck for this garbage bin are sent.
2. Pls give the vehicle numbers of the truck and the loader assigned for picking up garbage from this garbage bin.
3. As per the vehicle beat register, pls give the time when these vehicles left the depot and at what time they returned to the depot on each day from____to____.
4. On each of the days during the above period, please mention the addresses of the garbage bins, which were serviced by these vehicles.
5. Please give the numbers of trips made by this truck on each of these days.
6. This garbage bin has not been cleaned for the last _____ days. The area SI is supposed to send a balance report to the workshop. Pls give copies of balance reports sent by the area SI for each day during this period.
7. Does the balance report for each of these days mention that the garbage at this bin is not being picked up? If no, why has the area SI not been mentioning the same?

Public grievance redresser system
1. Please give a list an copies of all the grievances received from the public during FYs ______.
2. What action has been taken on each one of these so far?
3. As per rules and law, in how much time should each one of them be resolved?What penalty is prescribed against officials if they do not adhere to these time limits?
4. What are the reasons for delay and what action would be taken against the officials in each case of delay?

Water problem
1. What is the population of ....area as per DJB records?
2. What is the theoretical requirement of drinking water on a daily basis as per DJB?
3. What are the different sources through which water is being provided presently to the area? How much water is being provided through each source daily?
4. According to DJB estimates, what is the quantum of water scarcity?
5. Since 2005, how has the water scarcity been increasing? Please give year wise figures of water scarcity that exists as per DJB records since 2005.
6. What are the reasons for water scarcity? What steps have been taken by DJB to address this problem?
7. What are the short-term and long-term solutions to solve this problem according to DJB?
8. The water in our area is very dirty. I want a sample of water to be collected in my presence and tested. Please intimate the date and time when the sample would be collected from my house at ________.

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