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Tips to submit 1st Appeal Application under RTI Act- 2005
- When to do the First Appeal:
- If Public Information Officer (PIO) has rejected your application
to supply the sought information,
- If Public Authority unable to supply information within time limit
of 30 days or 48 hours*
- If Public Authority have not appointed Assistant Public Information
Officer/Public Information Officer to receive the application or to
supply the sought information,
- If Assistant Public Information Officer has rejected to accept and
forward the application to Public Information Officer
- If you are not satisfied with the judgment of Public Information
Officer
- If you think supplied information is incomplete, misleading or
false,
- If you think sought application fee is unreasonable under Right to
Information Act 2005.
- Time limit for filing of first appeal
application:
- Within 30 days from the date of expiry of the prescribed period or
from the receipt of communication (judgment or rejection of request)
from the State Public Information Officer (SPIO) /Central Public
Information Officer (CPIO)
- If the First Appellate Authority is satisfied that the appellant
was prevented by sufficient cause from filing the appeal, the appeal
may be admitted after 30 days also.
- Drafting the first appeal application:
- Draft application on white paper or download that Application Form
from India Development Gateway
Portal
- Application should be handwritten or typed,
- Application should be written in English, Hindi or any state
languages,
- Provide required information clearly in the specified format,
- Enclose self attested Xerox copy of request application with the
proof of application fee, receipt of application by Pubic Information
Officer, Judgment copy etc,
- Make a Xerox copy of application and all attached document for your
further reference.
- Where to submit the First Appeal Application:
- It has to be submit in the office of First Appellate Authority in
the same Public Authority,
- In hierarchy, First Appellate Authority is senior officer than
Public Information Officer and responsible to receive the application,
supply sought information or reject the application,
- Before submit the 1st appeal application, check the name of First
Appellate Authority, specified fee and mode of fee payment (Some states
have made provision of free of cost 1st appeal wherever some state
charging application fee).
- How to send the 1st Appeal Application:
- Application should be submitted by hand or post.
- In case, you are sending the application by post then use only
registered post service. Always avoid courier service.
- In both cases get the receipt of sending or submitting the
application.
- Time limit for the supply of information:
- In normal case decision should be given in 30 days, but
exceptionally it could be 45 days.
- Time limit of decision will be count from the date of receiving the
application by First Appellate Authority (FAA).
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