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CIC: Delay appears to be inadvertent as it is not a case of non- response but the PIO exercised his judgment and it would not be appropriate to take penal action for an error in understanding the provisions of the RTI Act; Penalty proceedings dropped     Right to Information Act 2005    Appellant sought information regarding the HRA, salary slip and penal rent - CIC: Reply of the FAA shows that other points of the RTI application were suitably replied - CIC directed the PIO is directed to provide the pay bills for the period available     Right to Information Act 2005    Copy of certificate of registration u/s 12A were sought by a Trust - CIC: Issues raised in the Appeal cannot be adjudicated upon within the confines of the RTI Act; PIO cannot be compelled to provide such information which does not exist in their records     Right to Information Act 2005    Information about examination conducted by IAF for various posts - CIC: The RTI application was filed by Ms Latika Chitre and the subsequent appeals were filed by a different person, M P Shinde - CIC: The second appeal is not maintainable     Right to Information Act 2005    Addition of surname in son’s name in service record - CIC: Delay of 05 days in transferring the RTI application from Min of Defence to Dept of Military Affairs and a further delay of 15 days to the PIO - CIC: PIO cautioned to strictly follow the timelines     Right to Information Act 2005    CIC: Appellant has placed the facts of the case in a cumbersome manner - CIC: Appellant is in a habit of narrating grievances and seeks for information as a passing reference which PIO cannot be expected to deduce and interpret to his satisfaction     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    Analysis of the Central Information Commission’s (CIC) Annual Report for the year 2020-21     Right to Information Act 2005    Fate of the complaint filed before the erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir Human Rights Commission     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   

Case Laws

May 2, 2022
Appellant submitted a detailed explanation as to how he was not in a position to file his first appeal on time due to his father’s illness and paralysis attack alongwith COVID - CIC: Delay condoned; It is appropriate to consider the case on merits...more>> 		April 28, 2022
Rules for preparing the seniority list of industrial employees - PIO: After the technical problem of user ID was resolved on the online portal, the appellant was offered inspection as the information sought was huge and bulky - CIC: No intervention...more>>
April 25, 2022
Funds allotted by the MoD to the Commandant, 5 Field Ordnance Depot and related information - PIO: Only after the receipt of the CIC’s hearing notice, they came to know about the RTI application - CIC: Collect the information and provide to the appellant...more>> 		April 21, 2022
Information related to levy of charges on home loan and related issues - CIC: Queries are in the form of seeking clarification/ explanation/confirmation; PIO is not supposed to create information; or to interpret information; or to compile information...more>>
April 17, 2022
Complainant: RTI application sent through registered post tracking details can be shared - PIO vehemently denied the receipt of RTI application - CIC: PIO to give a reply to the complainant and file an affidavit regarding non-receipt of RTI application...more>> 		April 12, 2022
Appellant: PIOs are acting as Robotic Postmen, which will not use keyboard and run sql count query on digitized data - CIC: Rejection of Aadhar is also a data available with UIDAI; policy for no fingerprint, eye scan below 5 years; Send revised reply...more>>

Articles

Are the Gujarat High Court Rules in consonance with the provisions of the RTI Act?
April 7, 2020 The scope of the RTI Act is being restricted by the Supreme Court judgment   more>>
CORONAVIRUS - What after 14th April, 2020? Would extended lockdown contain Corona infection?
March 29, 2020 If there is a largescale infection of Covid 19, we should not be not caught napping   more>>
Under RTI, a citizen should be able to choose the method for obtaining information
March 11, 2020 Supreme Court should become a role model in implementation of the provisions of the RTI Act   more>>

Comments

What rights I have further to expedite and receive the requested information?
May 15, 2022 No reply to the RTI application filed with the PIO / FAA of Haryana State government   more>>
People ride bikes using unfiltered exhaust pipes to increase noise to get attention
April 12, 2022 Loudspeakers and sound amplifiers are against mental harmony   more>>
There should be some restriction to the information being passed under RTI
April 7, 2022 People are misusing the RTI service and it could lead to serious outcomes   more>>