is there any bar on requesting for information with specific question on the clearing at Turaiyur in Trichy division of Canara bank
my questions were to find the forgery manipulation on financial instruments of Cooperative Rural bank which is not member of the clearing house.
PIO Canara Bank dodges all questions saying the request for information is in interrogation/question format

is there any restriction on question format when this is the mode used in Parliament to get information from the executive.. the famous Question Hour
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help me to make my RTI more effective 'RTI Application to PIO, OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES TAMILNADU TIRUCHI REGION/DIVISION August 23, 2017
From .S.Alphonse Selvaraj
Camp Contact Address:c/o S.Emily Arokiamary, 5 A. Plot No 6 Jayanagar, Second Street, Karumandapam, Trichy 1 Mob no 9176002765.
May I seek the following information with all relevant legal reasoning from your office in general and from your Turaiyur Cooperative Rural Bank Limited R 1114 (Bank) under The Thuraiyur Cooperative Rural Credit Society Ltd No.R1114 (Society) in particular:
1. When and how was P V Rajendran ,working in TNEB (Turaiyur/Nakkasalem),S/O Perumal and residing at No.5 South Teppakulam Street, Thuraiyur, Pin 621010, elected/selected to be the President of the Society/Bank? Pl give a copy of his nomination papers and hisSociety/Bank Membership account and account details. Please also clarify whether anyone working full time in a Government body like Tamilnadu Electricity Board(TNEB) , earning a monthly salary, be nominated/appointed as the President of the Bank/Society.
2. When and why was he suspended and sacked from the post of the President of the Society/Bank? Pl give details of the complaints and the final order of suspension/dissolution of the board.
3. Has the TN Cooperative Societies Department take any action on the conflict of interests OF P V Rajendran as an employee of TNEB favouring TNEB employee Cooperatives Society Turaiyur Rs255lakhs wrongly against the existing rules and without the approval of the Registrar of TN Cooperative Societies.Inquiry (Show cause Notice issued by Deputy Registrar on 7.3.2000 & Notice of Suspensionof the Society by Joint Registrar on 7.4.2000 item No. 1.4.
4. What were/are legal actions initiated by the Registrar of the Cooperative Societies Tamilnadu and other vigilance or police authorities to recover the losses to Bank/Society? What is the present status of those actions?
5. What are the powers and functions of the Society/Bank? What are the types of financial instruments of the Bank? Pl clarify why RBI has stated that your so called cheques are not truly cheques as per section 6 of the Negotiable instruments Act 1881.
6. How do you transact (clearing, collecting etc) with financial instruments like cheques of other commercial banks approved by RBI through the clearing house in which you are a member, or a broker or sub-broker? (RBI mail copy enclosed)
7. How and when did S.Amalorpavamary (my sister) open her Savings Bank Account No.1193? Who introduced her? Your Bank SB rules state/emphasise this requirement.
8. Why and how a cheque book containing ten leaves No.14201 to 14210 were issued to P.V.Rajendran, President of the Bank on 31.12.1999, without her knowledge and written request from the account holder?
9. Who and how, under what authority Rs.2000 was paid to one M.Manoharan through withdrawal using the so called cheque No.13201 without the knowledge and consent of the account holder. Did M.Manoharan come personally with the required passbook and his personal id and receive the money? Who did certify/identify M.Manoharan before making payment?IS M.Manoharan s customer/an account holder of the Bank? What are the measures taken to prevent id thefts and other cheque/financial instruments frauds?
10. Did P V Rajendran present 4 of these cheques 14202, 14203, 14204 and 14205 as withdrawals on August 10, 2001? If you have any record of this transaction/suspect operations pl provide details.
11. Did he again send these 4 instruments and/or other instruments of SB No 1193 later on especially in the first week of February 2002 for collection/clearing via an interbank clearing house, through his other Indian Bank or IOB or Canara Bank or SBI Account? How did you respond to this interbank transaction? How legal was this procedure/ processes?
12. If the above 8 is true, why did you state on your response dated 20.09.2014 �The remaining Nine Cheques from No.14202 to 14210 was unsigned and was informed cost at the time of closing the savings account 1193 on 20.12.2001�
13. Pl give details of the rules under which you calculated the cost of nine so called unsigned cheques 14202 to 14210.
14. Does the Bank suspect and mischief/crime against IPC Section 409 in these transactions on SB Account 1193 by the President and staff of the Bank?
15. As provided in the RTI Act, I would like to view the relevant records after studying the information supplied by you.Pl indicate the place and time for such viewing

S. Alphonse Selvaraj

Encl 2 documents an indicated
Postal order 35 F 342173 dt 22.8.2017 HPO TIRUCHI

Under RTI, you can only seek information that is available on record and not ask questions.

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