PANJIM: Goa Lokayukta Justice (retired) Ambadas Joshi said that government officials need to understand that once there is a final decision on any subject, nothing remains confidential as it reaches the public domain.
He was speaking at a conference on `Dissemination of Information under Section 4 of the Right to Information Act 2005’ organised to commemorate RTI day jointly by the Goa State Information Commission (GSIC) and Goa Institute of Public Administration and Rural Development (GIPARD) at Old Goa on Tuesday.
In his keynote address, Justice Joshi highlighted that government officials need to be mentally prepared for providing information as there is a tendency of denial prevailing on pretext of maintaining confidentiality. “Officials are accountable for every government decision. Hence, the continuous process of dissemination of information is very much required to maintain transparency in every aspect,” he added.
State Chief Information Commissioner Adv Vishwas Satarkar, State Information Commissioner Sanjay Dhavlikar and Secretary Information and Publicity Ravi Dhawan also spoke on the occasion.
