‘Implement RTI Act across all business units of bank’

Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, June 9: Jammu & Kashmir Right to Information Movement (RTIM) has appealed newly appointed interim Chairman of J&K Bank to implement Right to Information Act 2009 in letter and spirit across all the business units of the bank.
RTI Movement has suggested that all the branch heads of Jammu & Kashmir Bank be designated as Public Information Officers (PIOs) and Cluster Heads as First Appellate Authorities (FAAs) as mandated under RTI law so that people can have easy access to information at grass-root level.
In a statement Chairman of RTI Movement, Dr Raja Muzaffar Bhat welcomed the decision of Government for an inquiry into alleged backdoor appointments and other financial irregularities in the bank and has appealed Interim Chairman R.K Chibber to implement JK RTI Act 2009 in letter and spirit so that people have easy access to information about the bank.
Muzaffar appealed Anti Corruption Bureau to conduct a time bound inquiry vis-a-vis J&K Bank and appealed Chairman of the bank to make voluntary disclosure of information on official website of the bank as mandated under Section 4 of JK RTI Act 2009.

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