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Documents about recruitment of Data Entry Operators was denied u/s 8(1)(j) - CIC: In the absence of the appellant to plead his case or contest the CPIO’s submissions and in the absence of the larger public interest, no scope of intervention in the matter     Right to Information Act 2005    Certified copy of the applications for membership/recognition by Indian Golf Union for clubs in Maharashtra - CIC: Information has not been provided; Respondent is directed to revisit the RTI application and provide the revised information     Right to Information Act 2005    CIC: Furnish a revised reply regarding original note of sanctioning of education loan after redacting third party information - CIC took a serious note of the PIO’s absence during the hearing and sought reasons for remaining absent     Right to Information Act 2005    Certified Copies of Accounts, Agreement File and Measurement Book of Work Orders - CIC: PIO has provided a misleading reply even after the FAA directions; PIO admonished, warned and directed to send a revised reply furnishing the relevant information     Right to Information Act 2005    Certified copy of Hindi language version of the affidavit of assets - PIO: Official language of Supreme Court of India is English, proceedings are in English, language for administrative purpose is also English - CIC: Follow the Supreme Court Rules 2013     Right to Information Act 2005    Appellant sought copy of the final order awarding punishment to Sri Jayanti Suresh claiming that after disciplinary proceedings, the other individual was reinstated while he was not - CIC upheld the denial of information under Section 8(1)(j) of RTI Act     Right to Information Act 2005    Vijai Sharma and K V Chowdary appointed as CIC and CVC respectively     Right to Information Act 2005    Is the Mysore Police Commissioner’s office coming up without plan approval?     Right to Information Act 2005    No action taken against the illegal massage parlours or spas in Goa     Right to Information Act 2005    Are there norms about the fee a school should charge and the facilities it offers?     Right to Information Act 2005    There is only 1 primary health centre per 28 villages of UP     Right to Information Act 2005    Services of all OSDs / Consultants terminated by Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai     Right to Information Act 2005    Degree of an individual is personal and does not warrant disclosure under the RTI Act     Right to Information Act 2005    Inordinate delay in the hearing and disposal of second appeals     Right to Information Act 2005    Information Commissioner abdicated the statutory responsibility and acted as an agent of the government     Right to Information Act 2005   
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How to file a RTI application

Step 3. - To whom should an applicant file the RTI application?

Ordinarily, an information seeker knows where the required information is available and the application should be filed to the Public Information Officer (PIO) of the concerned office. As the RTI Act requires that the applicant should address the application to the PIO of the ‘concerned public authority’, the applicant should try to locate the concerned organisation and file an application. In cases where the applicant is not sure who the public authority is, some effort may be required to find the concerned public authority.

If the information is available with more than one public authority, separate applications should be filed with the different PIOs.

In case the application is submitted to a PIO with whom the information is not available but the information is available with another PIO within the same Public Authority, he is duty bound to get the same from the concerned PIO in the public authority and supply the same to the applicant. If the information pertains to some other public authority, the PIO is required to transfer the application to such public authority within five days of the receipt of the application under intimation to the applicant.

A dated acknowledgement should be obtained from the receipt counter of the public authority. If it is sent by post, the proof of sending by post should be retained.

 

How to file a RTI application