{"id":263298,"date":"2009-02-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-11T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/mr-j-p-singh-vs-ministry-of-hrd-govt-of-india-on-12-february-2009-3"},"modified":"2015-12-13T19:47:07","modified_gmt":"2015-12-13T14:17:07","slug":"mr-j-p-singh-vs-ministry-of-hrd-govt-of-india-on-12-february-2009-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/mr-j-p-singh-vs-ministry-of-hrd-govt-of-india-on-12-february-2009-3","title":{"rendered":"Mr. J.P.Singh vs Ministry Of Hrd, Govt. Of India on 12 February, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Central Information Commission<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Mr. J.P.Singh vs Ministry Of Hrd, Govt. Of India on 12 February, 2009<\/div>\n<pre id=\"pre_1\">                 CENTRAL INFORMATION COMMISSION\n                        Room No. 415, 4th Floor,\n                      Block IV, Old JNU Campus,\n                          New Delhi -110 067.\n                         Tel: + 91 11 26161796\n\n                                           Decision No. CIC \/SG\/A\/2008\/00231\/1597\n                                                  Appeal No. CIC\/SG\/A\/2008\/00231\nRelevant Facts<\/pre>\n<p id=\"p_1\"> emerging from the Appeal<\/p>\n<p>Appellant                              :       Mr. J.P.Singh,<br \/>\n                                               Resident Editor,<br \/>\n                                               Daily News Activist (DNA),<br \/>\n                                               Tulsiani Plaza IInd Floor, 118A, M.G.Marg,<br \/>\n                                               Civil Lines, Alahabad-211002.\n<\/p>\n<pre id=\"pre_1\">Respondent 1                           :       Mr. Y.V.Ramakrishna Rao,\n                                               PIO,\n                                               Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India\n                                               Indira Gandhi National Open University,\n                                               Maidan Garhi, New Delhi-110068.\n\nRTI application filed on               :       25\/06\/2008\nPIO replied                            :       16\/07\/2008\nFirst appeal filed on                  :       03\/09\/2008\nFirst Appellate Authority order        :       05\/09\/2008\nSecond Appeal filed on                 :       14\/10\/2008\n\n<\/pre>\n<p id=\"p_1\">The appellant had asked in RTI application for DEC&#8217;s action, hidden agenda of<br \/>\nDEC\/UGC then under the former sacked secretary of UGC, DEC remained silent to<br \/>\nthe second fraud &amp; complaints of innocent students of Distance Education, circular &amp;<br \/>\nPress coverage, deemed status of AAIDU, guidelines for provisional recognition of<br \/>\nODL institutions on DEC web-site.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_2\">                             Detail of required information:-\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_3\">S. No.            Information Sought.                         The PIO replied.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_4\">  1.    Please inform whether DEC&#8217;s action was In connection with financial irregularities<br \/>\n        only to terrorise AAIDU &amp; sparing them of any institution, it is submitted that<br \/>\n        for committing 300 Cr. Distance Education enquiring into financial irregularities etc. in<br \/>\n        Scam?                                      a University, statutorily created by the<br \/>\n                                                   State, is not under the Jurisdiction of the<br \/>\n                                                   Distance     Education     Council.     Only<br \/>\n                                                   promotion, coordination and maintenance<br \/>\n                                                   of standards and quality assurance of<br \/>\n                                                   programmes come under the purview of the<br \/>\n                                                   DEC.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_5\">  2.    In the above context, what were the hidden Does not pertain to DEC.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_6\">        agenda of DEC \/ UGC then under the<br \/>\n        former sacked secretary of UGC?\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_7\">  3.    Please inform me why DEC did not Please refer to response to query (1) it may<br \/>\n        recommend UGC for a CBI enquiry against also be informed that the DEC has<br \/>\n        Dr Rajendra Behari Lal VC, AAIDU, who accorded ex-post facto recognition to<br \/>\n        cheated distance education students the AAIDU, in the interest of students that had<br \/>\n          second time, collecting crores fraudulently   already received qualifications till 2005<br \/>\n         in the months of Jan. 2006 to March 2006,     only.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_8\">         despite press statement collecting crores<br \/>\n         fraudulently in the Month of Jan. 2006 to<br \/>\n         March 2006, despite press statement of Mr.<br \/>\n         Arjun Singh Minister MHRD in DEC<br \/>\n         2005?\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_9\">  4.     Please refer to the Circular No. F.6.1        DEC       has      accorded    ex-post-facto<br \/>\n         (7)\/2006 (CP-1) dated May 19, 2008 &amp;          recognition to AAIDU, in the interest of<br \/>\n         Press coverage dated 29 May, 2008 &amp; 4         students that had already received<br \/>\n         June, 2008 respectively                       qualification, till 2005 only. The decision<br \/>\n         Please inform how has DEC alone issued        has been approved by the joint UGC-<br \/>\n         such a vague letter to AAIDU dt.              AICTE-DEC committee. For information<br \/>\n         29\/08\/2007, when there has to be an           on deemed to be status of AAIDU you may<br \/>\n         approved from Joint Committee of UGC,         approach UGC directly.<br \/>\n         AICTE &amp; DEC?\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_10\">         In the above context please inform me how<br \/>\n         has DEC nullified all AAIDU failed.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_11\">         Please inform me what is the motive of<br \/>\n         DEC behind this shady deal? Why deemed<br \/>\n         status of AAIDU still exists?\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_12\">  5.     Revised     guidelines    for   provisional   DEC       has      accorded     ex-post-facto<br \/>\n         recognition of ODL Institutions on DEC        recognition to AAIDU in the interest of<br \/>\n         web-site enclosed for your reference.         students that had already received<br \/>\n         Please inform me how DEC spared\/over          qualifications, till 2005 only.<br \/>\n         looked its circulars &amp; UGC&#8217;s dt. Dec. 02,<br \/>\n         23 Aug. illegal offshore campused &amp; more      In connection with financial irregularities<br \/>\n         than 105 unapproved coursed on\/off            etc. you are hereby informed that the<br \/>\n         campus? Please clear the above guidelines     matter does not come under the jurisdiction<br \/>\n         to me &amp; since when do the provisional         of the distance education council only<br \/>\n         recognition commence? Please inform           promotion coordination and maintenance<br \/>\n         when will DEC in the interest of the          of standards and quality assurance of<br \/>\n         country and students recommended to           programmes come under the purview of the<br \/>\n         UGC for a CBI probe into 300 Crore            DEC. As such, it is submitted that DEC is<br \/>\n         Distance Education Scam? Please respond       not empowered to intervene in such matters<br \/>\n         within time under RTI rules s hundreds of     of the university and you may adopt proper<br \/>\n         off\/on campus students of AAIDU               lime of action or may take such steps as<br \/>\n         approach our press.                           deemed fit in this case.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_13\">The First Appellate Authority ordered: &#8211;\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_14\">         &#8220;The reply was given to you was based on the information available with the DEC.<br \/>\nthe Council is not empowered to initiate such action as desired by you. However, I would<br \/>\nlike to reiterate that keeping in mind the interest of students as well as the authority given to<br \/>\nDEC, the necessary action has already been taken in providing the post facto approval to<br \/>\nAAIDU till 2005. The above University was also accorded provisional recognition for one<br \/>\nacademic year 2007-08. The DEC also sent a team to visit the University and submit its<br \/>\nreport on the functioning of the distance education directorate for consideration of its<br \/>\nrequest to continue recognition. The same will be place in the next Joint Committee<br \/>\nMeeting of UGC-AICTE-DEC for further directions.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_15\">         As you are appealing to the undersigned as the Appellate Authority. I fail to<br \/>\nunderstand how to initiate action against Director, DEC who him self happens to be<br \/>\nAppellate Authority. However, you may take any further course of action as you may<br \/>\ndesire.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_16\"> Relevant Facts emerging during Hearing:\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_17\">The following were present<br \/>\nAppellant: Absent<br \/>\nRespondent: Mr. Y.V. Ramakrishna Rao, PIO,<\/p>\n<p>The information appears to have been given to the appellant. The appellant is raising an<br \/>\nimportant Public issue, but the Right to information can only ensure delivery of<br \/>\ninformation. The appellant has pointed out that he wants the rule or proviso by which post-<br \/>\nfacto recognition was given. The respondent states that there is no such rule. The PIO must<br \/>\ngive this information to the appellant in writing.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_18\">Decision:\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_19\">The Appeal is allowed.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_20\">The PIO will give the information stated above to the appellant before 25 February 2009.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_21\">This decision is announced in open chamber.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_22\">Notice of this decision be given free of cost to the parties.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_23\">                                                                                         Shailesh Gandhi<br \/>\n                                                                               Information Commissioner<br \/>\n                                                                                      February 12, 2009.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_24\">(In any correspondence on this decision, mentioned the complete decision number.)\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Central Information Commission Mr. J.P.Singh vs Ministry Of Hrd, Govt. Of India on 12 February, 2009 CENTRAL INFORMATION COMMISSION Room No. 415, 4th Floor, Block IV, Old JNU Campus, New Delhi -110 067. Tel: + 91 11 26161796 Decision No. CIC \/SG\/A\/2008\/00231\/1597 Appeal No. CIC\/SG\/A\/2008\/00231 Relevant Facts emerging from the Appeal Appellant : Mr. J.P.Singh, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-263298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-central-information-commission","category-judgements"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mr. J.P.Singh vs Ministry Of Hrd, Govt. 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