On 4/25/06, Nandkumar Saravade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Secondly, if you know the layout of the organisation, you can route your > complaint to the topmost bosses (which, if nothing, ensures that the lower > ones don't just trash it) and everywhere else to have statistically a better > chance of being notice.
How many people have the contacts to route compliants to the senior officials? > Then there are overseeing authorities like the Anti Corruption Bureau (for > corruption charges), the Human Rights Commission and the Lokayukta. Organisations such as the ACB and the Lokayukta are not without their own 'hierarchy' and procedure. I have also come across instances where the day after a 'raid' by the CBI/ ACB / Lokayukta at a government office followed by 'suspension' of officials, corruption continues like nothing ever happened. I recall a newspaper report in the Deccan Herald [mid April] where the Lokayukta was under the scanner for expensive travels!!!! > The newly enacted Right to Information Act is actually a great development, > which can open up the working of the government like nothing else. Though it provides a time frame (30 days) within which a response is to be given, to get information under the Right to Information Act can also be very time consuming. A simple response can take as long as 6 months. The Act provides for a 'deemed refusal' if no response is given within the specified period. Of course, a person aggrieved does have the option of appealing, but that again is time consuming. Having said that, the Act does provide for a penalty and disciplinary action for a violation of the provisions of the Act. If a person is aware of the provisions of the Act, it does help in getting a quicker response [3-4 months for a simple response].
