Certified copy of documents through RTI

Bhawinder (Querist) 12 September 2014 This query is : Resolved
RTI Act.

Can we ask for certified copy of documents that have been a basis of land mutation with the Revenue Department i.e. Office of Tehsildar.

If yes, what is the procedure ?

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Y V Vishweshwar Rao (Expert) 13 September 2014
Yes- you can request the Thahasildhar to issue Certified copies of all documents in mutation proceedings inclduing the application for mutation , documents filed along with it claiming mutation , and all enquiry proceeding there in , Statements of persons if any recorded there in , Reports of Village Officer , Report of Revenue Inspector etc - under RTI Act - pay the required Fee and pay additional Fee if any required as per Rules under RTI Act , a special request may be made to Certify the said Copies as to admit in Court proceedings/as evidence - You can use the General application Proforma under RTI Act /or/application can also be made on white paper .

P. Venu (Expert) 13 September 2014
Generally, information provided by the PIOs are not certified to be true copies.

Advocate. Arunagiri (Expert) 13 September 2014
Yes you can get those copies. You have to pay the RTI fees and Cost of the copies.

Insist for the PIO to sign in all the pages of the document supplied by him.

Rajendra K Goyal (Expert) 13 September 2014
Yes you can on payment of the requisite fee.

anand (Expert) 13 September 2014
ya u can take the copies and ask the concerned PIO(Public Information Officer) to give the receipt of the payment made against the papers which you took under RTI, no. of pages and and ask him to sign and put his seal, it is as good as true copy.

Sudhir Kumar, Advocate (Expert) 13 September 2014
there is no such provision of certified copies.

The documents are given under covering letter which itself is authentication.