Methods for getting official information from government service agencies and bringing the case to administration court

Abstract

Rights to request for receiving official information was still a problem from people who wanted to receive it and government service personnel who provided such information needed. Releasing official documents and information to public were under supervision and control by government service staffs. They had to act under the Official Information Act, B.E. 2540 (1997).This act provided methods and other rules and regulations to getting official information for people to follow and also for government service personnel who worked for the state to use for their decision of releasing such official information to the people who needed. This act also set the committee for making decision for staffs and people when there was a dispute case occurred. By the way, if the solution for the dispute occurred was not met the people satisfactory, the case had to send to judiciary organisation which ,in the case of Thailand, was administration court to clarify and provide solution to the case. This article provided simple and precise methods and ways to request and set the case to government service agencies for getting official information and to the Thailand administration court for ruling the decision of government service agencies when they did not provide official information to the people who requested it. The outcome needed from this article would be the basic rights to receiving, getting and knowing official information which contained government activities of doing things for the states. This also provided right information for people to get involving for the check and re-check government service agencies’ power which was the major and important part for the democracy.