Telecom Minister Wake up

DECCAN INQUIRER

Weekly e news paper

Editor: Nagaraja.M.R.. Vol.02.....Issue.22.................02/06/2021

RTI APPLICATION TO CPIO DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATION , GOI NEW DELHI

Refer RTI APPLICATION No :

DGTHQ/R/E/20/00104

We salute honest few in public service , our whole hearted respects to them. HEREBY , I DO HUMBLY REQUEST YOU TO GIVE ME WRITTEN STATEMENTS / ANSWERS TO THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS – WHICH IN ITSELF ( ie answers ) ARE THE INFORMATION SOUGHT BY ME. HERE WITH I AM SEEKING NOT THE OPINIONS ABOUT SOME HYPOTHETICAL ISSUES , BUT YOUR OFFICIAL STAND , LEGAL STAND ON ISSUES WHICH ARE OF FREQUENT OCCURRENCE WHICH ARE VIOLATING PEOPLE’S FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS & HUMAN RIGHTS. WE DO HAVE HIGHEST RESPECTS FOR JUDICIARY & ALL PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS , THIS IS AN APPEAL FOR TRUTH , INFORMATION SO THAT TO APPREHEND CORRUPT FEW IN PUBLIC SERVICE, WHO ARE AIDING & ABETTING TERRORISM , UNDERWORLD & CRIMINALS.

M/s Karnataka Telecables Ltd , Mysore renamed as M/s RPG Telecom Ltd again renamed as M/s RPG Cables Ltd once again renamed as M/s KEC International , Mysore used to manufacture PIJF & OFC telecables and supplied it to department of telecommunications , government of india , Indian Railways and GAIL , PGCIL of Ministry of Petroleum . DOT used to pay hundreds of crores of rupees from public exchequer to buy these cables . There is also one more company by name M/s Concepta Cables Ltd , Mysore belonging to the same industrial group supplying PIJF & OFC telecables to DOT. As a public , as a citizen of india and as a tax payer I want to know whether those crores of rupees from public exchequer are well spent.

1. How many times the above said companies were blacklisted by DOT , Supreme Court of India and other quasi judicial bodies , casewise ?

2. What action taken by DOT & judicial bodies against the above companies , casewise ?

3. How many cable kms of cable supplied by above companies , were rejected by DOT from the field yearwise , since 1986 ?

4. Did the above companies replace all the cables rejected by DOT & make good all the losses , yearwise ?

5. If not , why ?

6. What action taken by DOT , casewise ?

7. How many cable kms of cables supplied by above companies were accepted on deviation by DOT yearwise ? on what basis ?

8. Has the DOT authorised usage of recycled materials in the manufacture of cables ?

9. If yes , on what basis ?

10. Did DOT authorize outsourcing of cable manufacturing process by above companies to third parties , casewise ?

11. How many cable kms of telecom cables supplied by above companies have failed during usage within the warranty period , yearwise ?

12. Did the above companies honour warranty contract in all such cases ?

13. If not why , casewise ?

14. What action by DOT , casewise ?

15. Did KTL / RPG TELECOM / RPG CABLES violate norms laid down by DOT / BSNL , etc ?

16. RPG cables taking orders for cables from government but getting it manufactured in Concepta cables and vice versa, is it legal ? What action by DOT , BSNL , MTNL ,etc ?

16. To my previous rti requests and appeals you gave half truth information to few questions and for most questions you didn't answer. Your denial of information helped crime cover ups and aided criminals to escape & commit more crimes unabated. Crime cover up and aid to crime in itself is one more crime. Why should not you be together with Secretary DOT legally prosecuted for the same.

17. Give me the list of legal actions taken by DOT against Reliance Infocom and Reliance Jio for recovery of public money viz failure to pay switching fees , loss of money due to getting license for data only paying lowest money but getting freebies of voice / telecom service at the cost of data only , rerouting of international calls as local calls , for failure to pay charges for using telecom infrastructure of DOT , BSNL, MTNL.

18. Is license issued to Reliance infocom and Reliance Jio legal ?

19. BSNL, private players like jio levy penalty , interest on post paid telephone subscribers when they make delayed bill payments. After certain period service line itself will be ruthlessly cut. When this is the ground reality why Jio and other private telecom players are given twenty years period by supreme court in addition to discounted rate. Has the DOT submitted an appeal in the Supreme Court of India for the review of it's order ( by Justice Arun Mishra ) regarding AGR dues ?

20. Why not yet DOT stopped providing telecom infrastructure service to defaulting private telecom companies ?

21. Is it not loss to public exchequer ? Beneficiaries ?