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Rohidas Kamath   13 May 2026

Pio has decided the rti application within 30 days but not responded to any information sought

Public information officer decided the RTI Application within 30 days but has not responded to any of the information sought by the applicant under RTI Act 2005. PIO order speaks as with reference to your various representations under the Right to information Act 2005, the mater has been presently submitted to the for appropriate action and you will be informed once decision is taken. As an applicant I have sought information under RTI Act 2005 and has not made any representation to anyone including the PIO in the RTI Application under RTI Act 2005 and therefore on this ground itself the order is bad in law. Moreover by his action the Public Information officer is seeking more time to respond to my RTI Application which is not permitted under Section 7(1) of RTI Act which reads a CPIO or SPIO shall within 30 days of receiving the request either to provide the information or deny the information. His action is attracting provisions of Section 20(1) and 20(2) of RTI act besides providing the information sought by the applicant as is held by Hon'ble High Court of Delhi in Railways V/S Girish Mittal and Rakseh Kumar Gupt V/S CIC. Preparing appeal Under Section 19(1). Request readers to share their valuable opinion and suggestion. 



 5 Replies

P. Venu (Advocate)     13 May 2026

You have the poption to file appeal.

Dr. J C Vashista (Advocate )     14 May 2026

You are well aware about the facts and law with citations, accordingly your inference is absolutly perfet, you should file an appeal u/s 19(1) of the RTI Act,2005 before First Appellate Authority. 

T. Kalaiselvan, Advocate (Advocate)     14 May 2026

As rightly observed by learned senior expert Dr. Vashista sir,  you are aware of the law in this regard, you  also may be knowing what to do next in ths regard instead of wasting your time in public forums like this or whether you are testing the knowledge of the expert advocates of this forum?

Rohidas Kamath   14 May 2026

Sorry and apologies. My intention is not to test the knowledge of any advocates or for that matter anyone. I respect knowldge of everyone. My intetion was posting the said question was with the intention to make the appeal very stong so that appellate authority should find it difficult to reject the appeal. I apolgise if anyone is hurt by my question which was not with bad intention. Thanks Rohidas Kamath

T. Kalaiselvan, Advocate (Advocate)     14 May 2026

If you are unable to draft the appeal strongly you can always take the assistance of an expert advocate of this forum or outside and complete the proposed task effectively


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