Without authority and despite huge pendency Maharashtra SIC to go on long vacations.

Without any authority and despite pendency of 33,000 second appeals State Information commission of Maharashtra (MSIC) has decided to go on three long vacations in 2016. The appointment of information commissioners has been severely criticized by the Right To Information (RTI) circles since beginning. It is not secret that they lobby hard and pull every string to get themselves appointed as transparency watchdogs. These Posts have been called the "parking lot for post-retirement babus" to enjoy the perks that it offers. That is the very reason that appointments of retired bureaucrats have adversely hit the implementation of the RTI Act.

The MSIC will go on special vacation on 9^th may to 5^th June, 28^th October to 6^th November and 25^th December 2016 to 1^st January 2017. With this decision MSIC has brought their vacations at par High court. Chief information commissioner of Maharashtra Ratnakar Gaikwad has issued this order under section 15 (4) of the RTI act. However, the Chief Information Commissioner does not even have the authority to approve the casual leave of himself and other Information Commissioners without The consent of the Governor. It needs to be pointed out here that Governor of Maharashtra had delegated that authority to him issuing a special order dated 25/06/2009.

No doubt that as per section  section 15 (4) The general superintendence, direction and management of the affairs of the State Information Commission vests in the State Chief Information Commissioner however that does not empower him to use governors authority. As per terms and conditions of services of information commissioners they are eligible for the leave as per all India services officers and such leave is to be sanctioned by the governor. Chief information commissioner does not have authority to sanction such leave or vacation. That’s why to sanction casual leave governor has given that authority to chief information commissioner by special consent.

It is not secret that bureaucracy is taking over the every system that has been created to fight it. But they are not doing not for the benefit of the society. They want to enjoy lavish life at the cost of public money. And to avail such perks they are loathed to give decisions against officials with whom they had served for.

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Government agencies Negligence - Root cause of Fraud Chit Fund -MLM companies

After Sardha group fraud came to light one after another, scams are coming out. Recently  In pune, some people alleged that they were  Duped by Nitin Rajaram Narke, Blue Chip Corporation Pvt Ltd Pune. In the past thousands of such incidents happened  , but no Government or even innocent Investors have taken any lesson from that.

In High Court of Madhya Pradesh a Public Interest Litigation was filed(PIL No.3332/2010) against chit fund and Multy level marketing companies .These companies were Madhya Pradesh Lok Vikas Finance Limited,Samruddha Jeevan Foods Limited,Saksham Dairy India Limited,Royal Sun Real Estate & Allied Services-India Pvt. Ltd,Sky Lark Land Developers and Infrastructure India Limited,KMJ Land Developers India Limited,KBCL India Limited,GN Dairies Ltd./GN Gold Ltd-Kim Infrastructure and Developers Limited,PACL India Limited,RBN Real Estate and Allied India Limited,Sai Prasad Foods Limited-Sai Prasad Properties Limited,GCA Marketing Pvt. Limited.

         H'ble court  had ordered CBI inquiry in various chit fund frauds .From the enquiry conducted by CBI, it had emerged that prima facie, the companies had not found to be conducting their business legally and some  offences appear as were being committed by them. H'ble court also  passed serious strictures against them. However, some of the companies approached supreme court and obtained stay. In this petition, one may find the name of the company or person he /she has invested money with and its modus operandy.

           It was duty of all the governments to take steps to stop such frauds . However, all the concerned agencies kept mum . Nobody took serious cognizance of this order . The same companies appear to be conducting the same business in the same or other name of company in various states of India . It is interesting that persons associated with such type of companies always are in the limelight and  surrounded by lot of powerful and influential people. This scenario attracts small investor's confidence and they get duped.