TMI Blog2015 (12) TMI 636X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... authorities - As and when any amendment is carried out in the Rules, the same shall also be incorporated in the Rules made available on the website so that a person requiring a copy of the Rules can have the updated version. The Rules/Regulations/Instructions issued by various departments and public authorities shall also be uploaded on the website within the aforesaid period. The Chief Secretary of the State of Rajasthan shall also call a meeting of the Heads of the Boards/Corporations to direct them to do the same exercise namely, uploading of Rules/Regulations/Instructions issued by them on their concerned websites within four months. - all these Rules/Instructions/ Regulations shall also be published in the Government gazette and be mad ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... les are available on the website of the concerned departments and list of 30 such Rules has been annexed as Annexure-A. He has also drawn our attention to Annexure-B wherein Rules relating to Department of Personnel after 1996 have been uploaded on the website of the Department of Personnel. It is further submitted that amendments made after 1999 in all the Rules have also been uploaded on the concerned website and list of such amendments have been annexed as Annexure-C. Lastly, it is submitted by the learned Advocate General that he is making all efforts to have the Rules on websites for convenience of the public at large and whenever any Rule is enacted and published in official gazette (Rajasthan Rajpatra),the same shall be made availabl ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... f Constitution of India have not been uploaded on the website of the Government and public authorities. If the rules, regulations and instructions issued by Government and public authorities are not made available to the public at large, it would defeat the purpose of the enactment of the Right to Information Act which is meant to bring transparency in the functioning of the Government and public authorities. 7. We, therefore, direct the Chief Secretary, Government of Rajasthan to ensure that the Rules framed by the Governor of Rajasthan in exercise of power under proviso to Article 309 of the Constitution of India for various departments of State Government and other public authorities should be uploaded on the website of the State of R ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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