no reply received EFFECTS UNDER RTI ACT 2005

kuldeep kumar (Querist) 02 July 2011 This query is : Resolved
MORE THAN 2 MONTHS HAVE PASSED STILL NO REPLY/INFORMATION ON THE PART OF RAILWAY MINISTRY WITH IN TIME.I WANT TO ASK WHAT IS THE MINIMUM TIME TO GET REPLY UNDER RTI IN CASE OF INFORMATION IS SOUGHT FROM RAILWAY.WHAT ACTION AND REMEDY I HAVE ON NON REPLY

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mahendrakumar (Expert) 02 July 2011
irrespective of the dept,you are entitled to get the reply with in 35 days time.

Since the time is already over, make a first appeal to the first appellate authority.

M.Sheik Mohammed Ali (Expert) 02 July 2011
yes, minimum 30 days, so you can apply appeal on the dept.

kuldeep kumar (Querist) 02 July 2011
in case of railway to whom appeal lie irrespactive of deptt

Advocate. Arunagiri (Expert) 02 July 2011
Normally the Appellate authority will sit in the same office. So, send your appeal to the same address.

prabhakar singh (Expert) 02 July 2011
agree with Experts

mahendrakumar (Expert) 03 July 2011
you may address to the "First Appellate Authority under rti act 2005,( add remaining part of the original address to which you forwarded the rti application).

at the end of the first appeal,please add the following:For your kind information, I add that in addition to RTI Act 2005, I can proceed against public authority and its officers under The Consumer Protection Act 1986 as decided by National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, New Delhi on 28-05-2009, in REVISION PETITION NO. 1975 OF 2005 in complaint filed by Dr. S. P. Thirumala Rao against Municipal Commissioner, Mysore City Municipal Corporation, Mysore.

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