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PIO informed the applicant that RSMB proceedings dated 27.05.2000 is not available with their office, as the same had already been forwarded to PCDA(P), Allahabad - CIC: PIO erred by not transferring the RTI application u/s 6(3) of the RTI Act     Right to Information Act 2005    CIC observed that the complainant has filed complaint under Section 18 of the RTI Act without exhausting the remedy of filing second appeal - CIC: The Commission does not find any substance in the complaint; Hence, the complaint is rejected     Right to Information Act 2005    CIC: Condonation of delay has been sought by the appellant; the reason given by the appellant that the last reply was given on 20.12.2019 certainly does not account for a delay of over 05 months in filing the Second Appeal; not found satisfactory by CIC     Right to Information Act 2005    Application for issue of death certificate of daughter was rejected by the officials of Cantonment Board Jabalpur (CBJ) - CIC: Father is entitled to apply for a death certificate of his daughter; For delay in reply, a show cause notice is issued to PIO     Right to Information Act 2005    Information regarding two IMPS transactions from SBI was provided 16 months later claiming that the RTI application was inadvertently skipped on the portal - Appellant alleged financial loss - CIC: Penalty of Rs. 5,000/- each on the then PIO & present PIO     Right to Information Act 2005    Details of guest rooms being maintained in Officers’ Mess at Suranussi Military Station was denied u/s 8(1)(j) - CIC: Some part of the information such as building name, name of guest rooms, location etc can be provided; Denial of names of guest upheld     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    Entries in Birth and Death Register are public documents and cannot be termed a 'Third Party Information'     Right to Information Act 2005    Karnataka HC: Provide copy of report with enclosures when the investigation in the matter had been concluded     Right to Information Act 2005    Papers containing details of the operations launched by Indian Defence Forces in J&K in 1947     Right to Information Act 2005   

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November 30, 2021
PIO informed the applicant that RSMB proceedings dated 27.05.2000 is not available with their office, as the same had already been forwarded to PCDA(P), Allahabad - CIC: PIO erred by not transferring the RTI application u/s 6(3) of the RTI Act...more>> 		November 26, 2021
CIC observed that the complainant has filed complaint under Section 18 of the RTI Act without exhausting the remedy of filing second appeal - CIC: The Commission does not find any substance in the complaint; Hence, the complaint is rejected...more>>
November 26, 2021
CIC: Condonation of delay has been sought by the appellant; the reason given by the appellant that the last reply was given on 20.12.2019 certainly does not account for a delay of over 05 months in filing the Second Appeal; not found satisfactory by CIC...more>> 		November 22, 2021
Application for issue of death certificate of daughter was rejected by the officials of Cantonment Board Jabalpur (CBJ) - CIC: Father is entitled to apply for a death certificate of his daughter; For delay in reply, a show cause notice is issued to PIO ...more>>
November 18, 2021
Information regarding two IMPS transactions from SBI was provided 16 months later claiming that the RTI application was inadvertently skipped on the portal - Appellant alleged financial loss - CIC: Penalty of Rs. 5,000/- each on the then PIO & present PIO...more>> 		November 12, 2021
Details of guest rooms being maintained in Officers’ Mess at Suranussi Military Station was denied u/s 8(1)(j) - CIC: Some part of the information such as building name, name of guest rooms, location etc can be provided; Denial of names of guest upheld...more>>

Articles

Entries in Birth and Death Register are public documents and cannot be termed a 'Third Party Information'
October 31, 2021 High Court directs to provide copies of Death Certificate under RTI Act   more>>
Karnataka HC: Provide copy of report with enclosures when the investigation in the matter had been concluded
October 20, 2021 Option of getting it from Magistrate cannot be a ground to deny the information under RTI   more>>
Papers containing details of the operations launched by Indian Defence Forces in J&K in 1947
October 11, 2021 Disclosure of archival information kept confidential for more than half a century in Public interest   more>>

Comments

Can the wife of the deceased file RTI to see the account opening form?
October 8, 2021 The nominee may not have been filled in the computer system by the bank   more>>
Who is the official signing authority of RTI Application in respect of replies?
October 4, 2021 Can other official like APIO or FAA sign the RTI reply if the PIO is present on duty?   more>>
Discrepancies in the details of the COVID-19 relief package in the women beneficiaries
September 12, 2021 Ex gratia payment was deposited in the women beneficiaries' Jan Dhan Yojana accounts   more>>