error of ( Indian ) law or law of ( pcrf ) errors.

Was pcrf not ready to do it the way it should have been ? or was it
deliberate .
I Happened to visit the webpage
http://www.rtiawards.org/citizens_finalists.html on pcrf website .
This webpage has list containing names of " citizen finalists " which
are as given below –
• Ajay Dubey
• Ajay Singh Rawat
• Akhil Gogoi
• Amit Kumar
• Association for Democratic Reforms
• Bharatsinh R. Jhala
• Dev Ashish Bhattacharya
• Narmada Bachao Aandolan
• Prashant Kumar Dubey
• Prof Rajeev Kumar
• Raaj Mangal Prasad
• Rajesh Bissa
• Rajinder Nagar Welfare Association
• Ramesh Kumar Verma
• Ravindra Singh
• Shyamlal Yadav
• Subhash Chandra Agrawal
• Sunil Kumar Mahto
• Vinod Pandya
On citizen selection process , the website has the procedure as "We
received a total of 1130 nominations in the citizens' category.In the
first round, those cases were shortlisted who had used RTI for any
public purpose rather than for personal benefit such as ones' own
transfer, rations card, pension etc. The intent was to recognize those
who attempted to use RTI for the larger good of citizens as a whole as
opposed to personal needs. Then we met each of the jury members
individually to discuss the applicants. 19 such citizens have now made
it to the list of finalists who made substantial public impact through
the use of RTI."

As we all know that the settled law is as given below
( i ) The Citizenship Act and the Constitution are completely
exhaustive of the citizenship of this country and these citizens can
only be natural persons, the fact that corporations may be nationals
of the country for purposes of International laws will not make them
citizens of this country for purposes of Municipal Law or the
Constitution; State Trading Corporation of India v. Commercial Tax
Officer, AIR 1963 SC 1811: (1964) 45 SCR 99.

(ii) Nationality and Citizenship are not interchangeable terms; State
Trading Corporation of India v. Commercial Tax Officer, AIR 1963 SC
1811: (1964) 4 SCR 99.

(iii) "Citizenship" has nothing to do with a juristic person. "Person"
means a natural person and not any legal entity; State Trading
Corporation of India v. Commercial Tax Officer, AIR 1963 SC 1811:
(1964) 4 SCR 99.

Going by these definitions ,
• 1- Association for Democratic Reforms
• 2-Narmada Bachao Aandolan &
• 3-Rajinder Nagar Welfare Association

Are not the citizens of India though these may be juristic person
.These three organizations cannot be said to be citizens of India and
putting them in the citizen's category is neither legal nor justified.
I don't understand if this is error of ( Indian ) law or law of ( pcrf
) errors.

I demand exclusion of these three from the citizen's category at once
to have competitions among the citizens only.

If pcrf wish , it should go for a separate category of awards for such
organizations which are working for the noble cause rti.

But please don't do anything that is illegal n may lead to more
controversies for the awards in the days to come.

strengthen rti , save the country

regards

urvashi

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