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G.O.Ms No.100 Dated:07-09-2021
. GA (PU-A) Department U.O. Note No. GAD01-PU/1/2021-PU-A-1,
Dated 15.08.2021
2. GA (CAB-II) Department U.O. Note No. GAD01-CAB0SOM(INST)/2/ 2021-
CAB-II, dated 17.08.2021
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O R D E R:
In the U.O. Note 1st read above, the system of generating numbers from GOIR
website has been dispensed with. It is the intention of the Government to follow a
system of generating G.O. numbers and displaying Government Orders in a manner
that fulfills the citizens' right to information while being in accordance with the A.P
Secretariat Office Manual, A.P. Government Businesses Rules, Right to Information
Act, Information Technology Act and other relevant legal requirements.
2. Upon substantive deliberation and research based on best practices followed
by various states of India and ministries and departments of Government of India it
was found that the prior process followed was lacking in particulars since the orders
being uploaded in GOIR online platform was neither physically nor digitally signed.
Henceforth the official Gazette being a statutory document, the publishing of G.Os
shall be done solely through A.P. e-Gazette website.
3. Furthermore, it is the Governments endeavour to proactively comply with the
mandate of the Right to Information Act, 2005. Section 4(2) of RTI Act, 2005 states
that every public authority shall endeavour to take steps to provide as much
information Suo-motu to the public at regular intervals through various means of
communications, including internet. Section 4(3) states that every information shall
be disseminated widely and in such form and manner which is easily accessible to
the public. In pursuance of the same, AP e-Gazette will act as a single point repository
of information that shall be regularly updated and can be widely accessed by the
public.
4. Orders pertaining solely to personal information which are not of public concern
shall be exempted from publishing in AP e-Gazette and shall be directly
communicated to concerned officials. This provision also conforms with Supreme
Court’s judgment in Justice K. S. Puttaswamy v. Union of India affirming that the
Constitution of India guarantees to each individual a fundamental Right to Privacy.
Such orders shall remain available for requisitioning via the standard process laid
down by the RTI Act, 2005. This is in accordance with the statutory regime contained
in the RTI Act, 2005.
5. Orders in the nature of minor expenditures and information that do not qualify
as public interest shall be exempt from publishing in AP e-Gazette in order to
streamline public access and retrieval of relevant orders, reduce superfluous
information and ensure efficient categorization and management of orders online.
Examples of few such orders may be those relating to reimbursement of medical
expenses, medical leaves, cost of diesel, engine oil and other items in respect of
single Government vehicles, ex-India leave, purchase of stationery items, availing of
leave transfer concession, sanction of earned leaves, sanctions for payment of house
rent and the likes thereof.
6. Orders categorized as Top Secret, Secret and Confidential vide Andhra Pradesh
Secretariat Office Manual shall not be uploaded and published via AP e-Gazette.
7. In light of the above, the practice of uploading orders on goir.ap.gov.in stands
replaced with publication of orders for dissemination solely through Andhra Pradesh
e-Gazette (apegazette.cgg.gov.in). To ensure authenticated publishing, provision
shall be made on the portal for registration of Nodal Officers of departments and for
them to electronically forward the content with their Digital Signature Certificate
(DSC). The content received from indenting departments shall be formatted and
uploaded on portal by Commissioner of Printing. The administrative departments
submitting the request for publishing the Gazette notification shall be solely
responsible for submitting and circulating copies of Gazette notification wherever
required by law or otherwise.
8. It is further clarified that published gazette notification shall be uploaded on
the website apegazette.cgg.gov.in without delay and the downloaded electronic
version as well as the downloaded and printed version of these Gazette notifications
are to be treated as electronic versions for all official purposes as per section 4 and
section 8 of Information Technology Act, 2000. Orders of routine nature shall be
published weekly on the AP e-Gazette website as part of Ordinary Gazette. Orders
that are urgent in nature shall be published as required as part of Extraordinary
Gazette.