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Posted on: September 27th, 2009
The title in Hindi means Darkness right under the lamp. I got this impression with an experience I had recently at the Karnataka Information Commission, supposedly the hub of the Right to Information Act (RTI) in the state of Karnataka, when I went there personally to submit an RTI Application myself. One would expect the people in the commission to be well versed with the act, and conduct themselves according to the spirit of the act.
In the application, I asked for certified copies for some circulars/guidelines issued by the Information Commission.
Here’s how it went (I’m the ‘Applicant’ here):
First stop: The Court/Tappal (no idea what that word means) office. 11:00 am.
Applicant: Sir, I want to submit this RTI Application to the PIO. Where’s the office of the PIO?
Clerk (Takes the privilege to read the whole application for 5 minutes, then replies rather rudely): There are no such circulars.
(Who asked you for a verbal reply of the RTI on the spot? Isn’t that a job for the PIO?)
Applicant: That’s fine, sir. Please tell me where is the office of the PIO.
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