The Chief Secretary (CS) of the Karnataka government (GoK) in an unprecedented move permitted a proposal of an IAS officer Mr D S Ashwath, presently the commissioner Animal Health & Veterinary Services (AH & VS) - Bangalore, to prosecute One Dr. K Shivaram Retd Asst director of AH & VS from Bangalore to file a defamation suit against him under rule 17 of IAS Conduct Rules in his Letter No DPAR183 SAS 2006 dated 06/05/2008. The only thing that Dr K shivaram did was to make an request for information for certified copies under RTI Act seeking information - (1) ServicesParticulars (2) Assets &Liabilities Statements for the year 1996 & 2006 submitted and held by the Govt. Our Mahithi Hakku Adayayana Kendra denouces this grant of permission by the CS to GOK as also this trend of senior IAS officer to checkmate citizens fundamental rights, without goining to the actual facts whether a citizen has committed such acts which constitue defamation by merely seeking APRs and service records under his Right to Information.[posted by N Vikramsimha, KRIA Katte & Trustee MHAK]