Sivasagar, Sept. 13 -- The Right to Information Activists Association, Assam, has asked the Sivasagar District Commissioner to order an independent, time-bound inquiry into how school uniforms were distributed and how funds for school development and repair works were spent in the district.

In a complaint dated August 27, the association pointed to possible procedural lapses, unexplained delays, and gaps in how government-funded school works were supervised and paid for. The complaint was submitted by Bijoy Kutum, general secretary of the RTI Activists Association.

The association, however, clarified that it was not seeking to prejudge the culpability of any individual, school authority, committee, contractor or implementing agency, and...