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A mini Write-up prepared & written by

Mr. A.G.Shaikh ( Dev. Officer)

circulated by:
President : Mr. M.M.Puvar (Mo. 9825043004)
Gen. Sec.:Mr.Mahesh Dave(Mo.9879554399)
e-mail: maheshdave58@yahoo.co.in
Dedicated to
N F I F W I
W E S T E R N Z O N E

B.O.2/83G Nadiad
Phone No. 0268-2568861
Mobile No. 9428486150
e-mail : ags171263@yahoo.co.in
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Synopsis of RTI Act 2005
(Right to Information Act 2005)
Act No.22 of 2005 w.e.f. Dt.12-10-2005.

An Act to provide for setting out the practical regime to right of information for citizens to secure
access to information under the control of public authorities, in order to promote transparency and
accountability in the working of every public authority, the constitution of a Central Information
Commission (CIC) and State Information Commission (SIC) and for matters connected therewith or
incidental thereto.
Any Individual Indian citizen can obtain information under this Act, as per procedure.
1. Application for information: (U/s 6)
Application can be made in printed or hand written paper or through e-mail as per Form-A. No
reason is required to provide in application. For Public Authority(P.A.) of Central Govt. Language
should be English/Hindi. For P.A. of State Govt. Language English / Hindi/verneracular.

Amendment : An application under sub-section (1) of Section-6 of the Act shall be accompanied
by a fee of rupees ten and shall ordinarily not contain more than five hundred words, excluding
annexures, containing address of the CPIO and that of the applicant :
Provided that no application shall be rejected only on the ground that it contains
more than five hundred words.

2. Fees and payments: (U/s 27)
(A) For information from public authorities of Central Government.
(i) Rs.10/- along with application.
In case of e-mail application within 7 days from the date of e-mail, fees should be paid.
(Fees can be paid by cash / D.D. / Bankers cheque / Indian Postal Order)
(ii) Printed information like book, manual, guidelines etc. Actual price shall be payable.
(iii) A-4/A-3 size paper. Rs.2/- per paper.
(iv) Floppy / CD Rs.50/- per Floppy/ CD.
(v) Sample / Model / Photograph Actual price.
(vi) For inspection of records/ work/ documents. Free of cost for 1
st
hour. Then after Rs.5/- for
each 15 minutes.
(B) For information from public Authorities of state Government.
(i) Rs.20/- along with application.
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In case of e-mail application within 7 days from the date of e-mail, fees should be paid.
(Fees can be paid by cash/DD/Pay order/Non Judicial Stamp/Revenue stamp/court fee stp. )
(ii) Printed Information like book, manual, guidelines etc. Actual price shall be payable.
(iii) A-4/A-3 size paper. Rs.2/- per paper.
(iv) Floppy / CD Rs.50/- per Floppy/ CD.
(v) Sample / Model / Photograph Actual price.
(iv) For inspection of records/ work/ documents.
(Free of cost for first (half) an hour. Then after Rs.20/- for each (half) an hour.
(Charges are subject to change from time to time as per Act.)
Note: Applicant belonging to B.P.L. card holder need not to pay any fees.
(Certified copy of B.P.L. card should be enclosed)
3. Fees for information / documents : (U/s 7)
Public Information officer shall inform the applicant to pay the fees as per rules for the information
sought by the applicant. Information shall be available only after payment of required fees. No of
days from demand to payment of charges shall not be reckoned (counted) in the 30 days time limit.
4. Disposal of the application : (U/s 7)
The public information officer shall be required to provide the information sought for to the
applicant within 30 days of the receipt of the request application or inform the applicant about the
rejection of application with the following details.
(i) The reason for such rejection.
(ii) The period within which an appeal against such rejection may be preferred and.
(iii) The particulars of the appellate authority.
5. Transfer of application: (U/s 6)
In case where the information sought for does not fall within the jurisdiction of the Public
Information Officer to whom the application is made, full application or part thereof, shall transfer
to concerned public authority / Public Information Officer within 5 days of the receipt of the
application and inform the applicant immediately about such transfer.
6. Urgent Disposal: (U/s 7)
Where the information sought for concerns the life or liberty of a person, the Public Information
Officer(PIO) shall be required to provide such information within 48 hours of the receipt of such
request application.


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7. Free of charge Information: (U/s 7)
The person making a request application for the information shall be provided the information free
of charge where a Public Authority / Public Information Officer fails to comply with the time limit
specified in this Act.
8. Appeal: (U/s 19)
(A) Any person aggrieved by a decision of the PIO or does not receive any decision, as the case
may be, he may prefer an appeal in the format of First Appeal within 30 days from the
date of receipt or non-receipt of such decision, to appellate authority.
(B) The applicant aggrieved by an order of the appellate authority may prefer the second appeal
in the form of Second Appeal to the Central / State Information Commission within 90
days from the date of receipt of the order of the appellate authority.
Note: No fee is required for first and second appeal.
Amendment : Return of Appeal --- An appeal may be returned to the appellant, if it is not
accompanied by the documents as specified in rule 8, for removing the deficiencies and
filing the appeal complete in all respects.
Provided that no appeal shall be dismissed only on the ground that it has not been
made in the specified format if it is accompanied by documents as specified in rule 8.
Following details should be enclosed along with the appeal.
(i) Copy of request application.
(ii) Reply of PIO.
(iii) Copy of First-Appeal.
(iv) Reply of first appeal given by the App. Authority.
(v) Copies of Other documents relied upon by the appellant.
(vi) An index of the documents referred to in the appeal.
9. Penalty (U/s 20)
If the PIO has, without any reasonable cause refused to receive an application for information or
has not furnished the information within the specified time limit, then commission shall impose a
penalty of Rs.250/- each day till the application is received or information is furnished, so however,
the total amount of such penalty shall not exceed Rs.25000/-.
10. Complaint to Central / State Commission: (U/s 18)
(A) The complaint can be made by the person if the PIO has, without reasonable reason refused
to accept his / her application for information or appeal under this Act. For forwarding the
same to the CPIO or SPIO.
(B) If the PIO or App. Authority does comply with the time limit specified in this Act.
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(C) If the applicant feels that the amount of fees payable is unreasonable.
(D) If the Information given is incomplete, misleading or false.
(E) Who has been refused access to any information requested under this Act.
(F) In respect of any other matter relating to requesting or obtaining access to records under
this Act.
11. Exemption from disclosure of information: (U/s 8)
(1) Not withstanding anything contained in this Act, there shall be no obligation to give any
citizen.
(a) Information, disclosure of which would prejudicially affect the sovereignty and integrity of
India, the security, strategic, scientific or economic interests of the State, relation with
foreign State or lead to incitement of an offence;
(b) Information which has been expressly forbidden to be published by any court of law or
tribunal or the disclosure of which may constitute contempt of court;
(c) Information, the disclosure of which would cause a breach of privilege of Parliament or the
State Legislature;
(d) Information including commercial confidence, trade secrets or intellectual property, the
disclosure of which would harm the competitive position of a third party, unless the
competent authority is satisfied that larger public interest warrants the disclosure of such
information;
(e) Information available to a person in his fiduciary relationship, unless the competent
authority is satisfied that the larger public interest warrants the disclosure of such
information;
(f) Information received in confidence from foreign Government;
(g) Information, the disclosure of which would endanger the life or physical safety of any
person or identify the source of information or assistance given in confidence for law
enforcement or security purposes;
(h) Information which should impede the process of investigation or apprehension or
prosecution of offenders;
(i) Cabinet papers including records of deliberations of the Council of Ministers, Secretaries
and other officers;
PROVIDED that the decisions of Council of Ministers, the reasons thereof, and the material
on the basis of which the decisions were taken shall be made public after the decision has
been taken, and the matter is complete, or over:
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PROVIDE FURTHER that those matters which come under the exemptions specified in this
section shall not be disclosed;
(j) Information, which relates to personal information the disclosure of which has no
relationship to any public activity or interest, or which would cause unwarranted invasion of
the privacy of the individual unless the Central Public Information Officer or the State Public
Information Officer or the appellate authority, as the case may be, is satisfied that the larger
public interest justifies the disclosure of such information:
PROVIDED that the information which cannot be denied to the Parliament or a State
Legislature shall not be denied to any person.
12. Exemption: (U/s 9)
Without prejudice to the provisions of sec.8, a Central PIO OR a State PIO, as the case may
be, may reject a request for information where such a request for providing access would
involve an infringement of copyright subsisting in a person other than the state.
13. Definitions: (U/s 2)
(f) Information means any material in any form, including records, documents, memos, e-
mails, opinions, advices, press releases, circulars, orders, logbooks, contracts, reports,
papers, samples, models, data material held in any electronic form and information relating
to any private body which can be accessed by a public authority under any other law for the
time being in force;

(h) Public Authority means any authority or body or institution of self government
established or constituted.
(a) by or under the Constitution;
(b) by any other law made by Parliament;
(c) by any other law made by State Legislature;
(d) by notification issued or order made by the appropriate Government, and includes
any-
(i) body owned, controlled or substantially financed;
(ii) non-Government organization substantially financed, directly or indirectly by
funds provided by the appropriate Government;

(i) Record includes-
(a) any document, manuscript and file;
(b) any microfilm, microfiche and facsimile copy of a documents;
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(c) any reproduction of image or images embodies in such microfilm.
(whether enlarged or not); and
(d) Any other material produced by a computer or any other device;
(j) Right to Information means the right to information accessible under this Act which is
held by or under the control of any public authority and includes the right to-
(i) Inspection of work, documents, records;
(ii) Taking notes, extracts or certified copies of documents or records;
(iii) Taking certified samples of material;
(iv) Obtaining information in the form of diskettes, floppies, tapes, video cassettes or in
any other electronic mode or through printouts where such information is stored in
a computer or in any other device;
(n) Third Party means a person other than the citizen making a request for information and
includes a public authority.
14. Obligations of Public Authorities. (U/s 4)
(1) Every public authority shall
(a) maintain all its records duly catalogued and indexed in a manner and the form which
facilitates the right to information under this Act and ensure that all records that are
appropriate to be computerized are, within a reasonable time and subject to
availability of resources, computerized and connected through a network all over the
country on different systems so that access to such records is facilitated;

(b) publish within one hundred and twenty days from the enactment of this Act-
(i) The particulars of its organizations, functions and duties;
(ii) The powers and duties of its officers and employees;
(iii) The procedure followed in the decision making process, including channels of
supervision and accountability;
(iv) The norms set by it for the discharge of its functions;
(v) The rules, regulations, instructions, manuals and records, held by it or under
its control or used by its employees for discharging its functions;
(vi) A statement of the categories of documents that are held by it or under its
control;
(vii) The particulars of any arrangement that exists for consultation with, or
representation by, the members of the public in relation to the formulation
of its policy or implementation thereof;
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(viii) A statement of the boards, councils, committees and other bodies consisting
of two or more persons constituted as its part or for the purpose of its
advice, and as to whether meetings of those boards, councils, committees
and other bodies are open to the public, or the minutes of such meetings are
accessible for public;
(ix) a directory of its officers and employees;
(x) the monthly remuneration received each of its officers and employees,
including the system of compensation as provided in its regulations;
(xi) the budget allocated to each of its agency, indicating the particulars of all
plans, proposed expenditures and reports on disbursements made;
(xii) the manner of execution of subsidy programs, including the amounts
allocated and the details of beneficiaries of such programs;
(xiii) particulars of recipients of concessions, permits or authorizations granted by
it;
(xiv) details in respect of the information, available to or held by it, reduced in an
electronic form;
(xv) the particulars of facilities available to citizens for obtaining information,
including the working hours of a library or reading room, if maintained for
public use;
(xvi) the names, designation and other particulars of the Public Information
Officers;
(xvii) such other information as may be prescribed, and thereafter update these
publications every year;
(c) publish all relevant facts while formulating important policies or announcing the
decisions which affect public;
(d) provide reasons for its administrative or quasi-judicial decisions to affected persons.
(2) It shall be a constant endeavor of every public authority to take steps in accordance with the
requirements of clause (b) of sub-section (1) to provide as much information suo motu to
the public at regular intervals through various means of communications, including internet,
so that public have minimum resort to the use of this Act to obtain information.
(3) For the purpose of sub-section (1) every information shall be disseminated widely and in
such form and manner which is easily accessible to the public.
(4) All materials shall be disseminated taking into consideration the cost effectiveness, local
language and the most effective method of communication in that local area and the
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information should be easily accessible, to the extent possible in electronic format with the
Central Public Information Officer or State Public Information Officer, as the case may be,
available free or at such cost of the medium or the print cost price as may be prescribed.
Explanation: For the purpose of sub-section (3) and (4), disseminate means making known or
communicated the information to the public through notice boards, news papers, public
announcements, media broadcasts, the internet or any other means, including inspection of offices
of any public authority.

Organizational set-up of LIC of India for the purpose of RTI Act 2005.
(1) All B.M. of the branches are CAPIO (Central Assistant Public Information Officer).
(2) All Manager (CRM) / any other A.D.M. as designated by the competent authority are
CPIO (Central Public Information Officer)
(3) Fees shall be payable on LIC cash counter. (Branch/Division cash center)
(4) A/c code for fees under RTI Act 2005 is, 11402800.
(5) Time limit of 30 days shall be counted from that date of receipt of application by
CPIO.
(6) If an application shall be submitted to CAPIO, then 5 days grace period shall be
available for communication between CAPIO and CPIO.
(7) It would be better to submit the application directly to the CPIO, so that question of
grace period may not arise.










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[See rule 3 (1)]
Application form for obtaining Information

To,
The Public Information officer,
Office of the


1. Name of the applicant :
2. Full Address :

3. Particulars of Information required (in brief) :
4. I hereby, state that the information sought is not covered under the categories which is
exempted from disclosure of information under section 8 or under section 9 of the Right to
Information Act, 2005 and to the best of my knowledge, it is pertaining to your
Department/Office.

5. (1) I have paid the fees Rs...............................................in words
rupees........................................................... on dt............................vide receipt
no..................................in the Department/Office of....................
(2) I enclose herewith Demand draft/Pay order No............................ Dt............................drawn
in favour of.........................................Officer, issued by...................................Bank towards the fees
payable.
(3) Non-judicial stamp of Rs..................is affixed on this application.
(4) I belong to B.P.L. family. Xerox copy of my card / Certificate is enclosed herewith.

Place : Signature of applicant :

Date : e-mail address, if any :
Telephone No. (Office) :
(Residence) :

N. B. Person belonging to B.P.L. family not to pay any types of fees.
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First Appeal
To,
The Appellate Authority,

As I am aggrieved by the decision of the Public Information Officer CPIO, I hereby File
this appeal. The particulars of my application is as under.

1. Name of the Appellant :
2. Address of Appellant :
3 (A) Name of the CPIO :
(B) Address of CPIO :
(C) Particulars of decision :
4. Date of Application in form A :
5. Details of Information :
(i) Information asked for :
(ii) Period for which information is sought :
6. Date as on completion of :
30 days after submitting application in Form.A
7. Reasons for appeal :
(A) No decision is received :
within 30 days of submission of application in Form A :
(B) Aggrieved by the decision :
of CPIO dated
8. Ground for appeal:
9. Last date for filling the appeal :
10. Prayer / Relief sought for :

I hereby state that the information and particulars given above are true to the best of my
knowledge and belief.


Place :
Date :
Appellant
Enclosure :




Phone No.(R)


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Second Appeal ( u/s 19 Of The RTI Act 2005 as per rule-8 of RTI rules 2012 )

BEFORE THE HONOURABLE CENTRAL INFORMATION COMMISSION,
NEW DELHI


To,
The Central Information Commissioner,
Central Information Commission, 2
nd
floor, B wing
August kranti Bhavan, Bhikaji Cama Place,
NEW DELHI.110 066.


Respected Sir,
As I am aggrieved by the decision of the Public Information Officer,. CPIO and FAA ,
, I hereby file this appeal before The Honorable commission. The particulars of my
application is as under.


1. Name and address of the Appellant :
2. Name and address of the CPIO :
3. Name and address of the FAA :
4. Particulars of the application :
5. Particulars of the order of FAA :

6. Brief facts leading to the appeal :


7. Ground for the prayer or relief :
8. Prayer or relief sought for :

9. Any other information relevant to the appeal :

10. Verification/authentication by the appellant : I verify that the contents are true to the
best of my knowledge and belief and nothing material has been concealed.

Place :
Date :

Enclosures :

Appellant


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(i) a copy of the application submitted to the CPIO,
(ii) a copy of the reply received from the CPIO,
(iii) a copy of the appeal made to the FAA,
(iv) a copy of the order received from the FAA,
(v) copies of other documents relied upon by the appellant and referred to in his appeal,
(vi) an index of the documents referred to in the appeal.

Copy to : CPIO
FAA



























Full form of important short words used in this act.


CIC = Central Information Commission
SIC = State Information Commission
CPIO = Central Public Information Officer
SPIO = State Public Information Officer
CAPIO = Central Assistant Public Information Officer
SAPIO = State Assistant Public Information Officer
FAA = First appellate Authority
Req. App. = Request Application