RTI
- Which is held by another public authority; or
- The subject matter of which is more closely connected with the functions of another Public Authority
The Public Authority, to which such application is made, shall transfer the application or such part of it as may be appropriate to the other Public Authority and inform the applicant immediately about such transfer.
Such application shall be transferred within 05(five) days from the date of receipt of the application.
Ans: Section-20(1):Where the Central Information Commission or the State Information Commission, as the case may be, at the time of deciding any complaint or appeal is of the opinion that the Central Public Information Officer or the State Public Information Officer, as the case may be has, without aby reasonable cause, refused to receive an application for information or has not furnished information within the tie specified under sub-section (1) of section 7 or malafidely denied the request for information or knowingly given incorrect, incomplete or misleading information or destroyed information which was the subject of the request or obstructed in any manner in furnishing the information, it shall impose a penalty of Rs 250(Two hundred and fifty) each day till application is received or information is furnished, so however, the total amount of such penalty shall not exceed twenty-five thousand rupees.
The burden of proving that he acted reasonably and diligently shall be on t♊he central public information officer or the 🏅State Public Information Officer, as the case may be.
- A request for obtaining information under sub-section (1) of section 6 shall be accompanied by an application by an application fee of rupees ten by way of cash against proper receipt or by demand draft or bankers cheque payable to the accounts officers of the public authority.
- For providing the information under sub-section (1) of section7, the fee shall be charged by way of cash against proper receipt or by demand draft or Bankers cheque payable to the accounts officers of the public authority at the following rates.
- Rupees two for each page (in A-4 or A-3 size paper) created or copied;
- Actual charge or cost price of a copy in larger size paper;
- Actual cost or price for samples or models; and
- For inspection of records, no free for the first hour; and a fee of rupees five for each fifteen minutes (or fraction thereof) thereafter.
- For providing the information under sub-section (5) of section 7 the fee shall be charged by way of cash against proper receipt or by demand draft or Bankers cheque payable to the Accounts Officer of the public authority at the following rates-
- For information provided in diskette or floppy rupees fifty per diskette or floppy; and
- For information provided in printed form at the price fixed for such publication or rupees two per page of photocopy for extracts from the publication.
Ans: After filling the first page of the RTI request form, a non-BPL applicant has to click on “Make Payment” button for payment of the prescribed RTI fee.
The applicant can pay the pr♓escribed RTI fee through the following modes:
- Internet banking through SBI and its associated banks.
- Using ATM-cum-Debit card of State Bank of India.
- Credit/Debit card of Master/Visa.
It may be noted that no RTI fee is required to be paid by a citizen who is below poverty line, as per RTI Rules, 2012. However, the BPL applicant must attach a copy of the certificate issued by the appropriate government in this regard, along with the application.
Ans: On submission of an application, a unique registration number will be issued, which may be referred by the applicant for any future reference. It may be noted that the application filed through this RTI Online Portal will reach electronically to the “Nodal Officer” of the said Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan and “Not” to the CPIO of the concerned Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan.
The Nodal O🥀fficer will transmit the RTI application electronically to the concerned CPIO.
18. What will happen to my application if I select a wrong Public Authority in the RTI request form?
Ans: In case the RTI application is not meant for the Public authority which has been selected by the applicant, the “Nodal Officer” of the said public authority would transfer the application electronically to the “Nodal Officer” of the concerned Central Public authority, if aligned to this portal and physically to that Central Public authority which is not aligned to this portal, under section 6(3) of the RTI Act.
It may be noted that RTI applications filed through this portal for the state public authorities, including NCT of Delhi, wo💖uld be returned, without any refund of fee.
Ans: :- In case additional fee representing the cost is required for providing information, the CPIO will intimate the same, which can be viewed by the applicant through “View Status” option in the RTI Online Portal and an e-mail alert or SMS or both will also be sent to the applicant for the same.
For payment of additional fee online, the applicant needs to use the option ‘View Status’ in the RTI Online Portal and on providing the registration number of the request, option for “Make Payment” will be available.
Ans: For making an appeal to the first Appellate Authority, the applicant has to select the option “Submit First Appeal” in the RTI Online Portal and fill up the form that will appear.
The registration ꦛnumber and e-mail ID of the original application is required for filing the first appeal.
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Ans: An Activation Key will be sent on your email ID provided during registration. This Activation Key can be used to activate the account on first login.
Provision for re-generation of Activation key is also available after first login or before activation of the user account. The n✨ew activation key will be sent on y꧙our registered email-id.
29. What should I do if amount is deducted from my account but registration number is not generated?
- When your RTI application has been physically transferred to other public authority, which is not aligned to this portal. In such a case, you are required to file your appeal in physical mode to the concerned public authority.
- Another case can be if your RTI application has not been replied to by CPIO and 30 days period has not lapsed. In such a case, you may file first appeal only after completion of stipulated time period of 30 days.
- English,
- Hindi, or
- The official language of the area in which application is being made.
As per Rule 26 of the erstwhile CIC (Management) Regulation, 2007 which have been quashed by the Delhi High Court, the second appeal or a reply to it can be filed before the CIC in English or Hindi only or should be accompanied by a certified translated version of it in English or Hindi.
- The applicant should be a citizen of India.
- The application should contain the particulars of information sought.
- The evidence of payment of application fee should be enclosed.
- The address of the applicant should be available for sending a reply.
Personal details except those necessary for contacting an applicant are neither required to be mentioned nor can be called for by the PIO.