Lucknow, July 23 - The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court Thursday directed the Uttar Pradesh government to explain within two weeks as to why five subjects have been removed from the purview of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005.

The five subjects are the appointment of governor, high court judges, ministers, code of conduct for ministers and letters written by the governor to the president.

The court issued the notice to the state government while hearing a petition from the National Alliance of People's Movements (NAPM) by Magsaysay awardee Sandeep Pandey and noted RTI crusader Naveen Tiwari.

'We beg to differ with the decision of the state government to still keep out five subjects from the purview of the RTI Act. The RTI Act, passed by parliament of this country in 2005, empowers the citizen of this country information on all matters except those covered under Section 8 of the act,' said Pandey, national convener of NAPM.