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No. 1 /3/2008-I R
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel ,
P.G. and Pensions
Qepartment of Personnel & Training
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OFFICE MEMORANDUM
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second appeal lies with the Central Information Co n nissionhor het Central
information Commission (Appeal Procedure) Rules, 2005 govern the procedure
for deciding appeals by the Commission. The First Appellate Authority is.
however, required to dispose off the appeals received by him in the light of the
provisions of the Act and keeping in view the principles of natural justice. A
Guide has been prepared for the First Appellate Authorities; a copy of which is
enclosed as Annexure. It is expected that it would help them perform their
duties effectively.
2. All the Ministries / Departments etc, are requested to bring the contents
of the Guide to the notice of all c o
ncerned.
(K.G.Ver
Director
Tel: 23092158
To
of India
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2. Union Public Service Commission / Lok Sabha Secretariat /
Rajya Sabha Secretariat / Cabinet Secretariat / Central
Vigilance Commission / President's Secretariat / Vice-
Annexure
(OM No. 1/3/2008-1R dated 25i April, 12008)
I I. It may be noted that section 8(3) of the Act does not require the public
authorities to retain records for indefinite period. The records should be retained
as per the record retention schedule applicable to the concerned public authority.
Information generated in a file may survive in the form of an OM or a letter or in
any other form even after destruction of the file/record. The Act requires
furnishing of information so available after the lapse of 20 years even if such
information was exempt from disclosure under sub-section(1) of Section 8. It
means that the information which, in normal course, is exempt from disclosure
under sub-section(l) of Section 8 of the Act, would cease to he exempted if 20
years have lapsed after occurrence of the incident to which the information relates.
However, the following types of information would continue to he exempt and
there would be no obligation, even after lapse of 20 years, to give any citizen(i) information disclosure of which would prejudicially affect the
sovereignty and integrity of India, the security, strategic, scientific or
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(e) for information provided in diskette or floppy rupees fifty (Rs.50/-) per
diskette or floppy; and
(f) 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.
14. If the applicant belongs to `below poverty line (BPL)' category, he/she is
not required to pay any fee. However, he/she should submit a proof in support
of his/her claim to belong to the below poverty line. The application not
accompanied by the prescribed fee of Rs.10/- or proof of the applicant's
belonging to below poverty line, as the case may be, shall not be a valid
application under the Act and, therefore, does not entitle the applicant to get
information.
15. It may be noted that where the CPIO decides that the information shall be
provided on payment of fee in addition to the application fee, the CPIO is
required, inter- alia, to inform the applicant:
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Situation
applications
1.
30 days
2.
48 hours
3.
4.
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05 days shall be added to the
time period indicated at Sr.
No. 1 and 2.
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authority.
(b) In case the information concerns the life (b) Within 48 hours of
or liberty of a person.
receipt of the application
Supply of information by organizations
specified in the Second Schedule:
First Appeal
29. The information sought by an applicant should either be supplied to him
or his application should be rejected within the time prescribed by the Act. If
additional fee need be charged from the applicant, communication
in this regard
should be sent to him within the time limit prescribed for sending information.
If the applicant does not receive information or decision about rejection of
request or communication about payment of additional fee within the specified
time, he can make an appeal to the First Appellate Authority. Appeal can also
be made if the applicant is aggrieved by the decision of the CPIO regarding
supply of information or the quantum of fee decided by the CPIO.
Appeal in relation to Third Party Information
30. Third party in relation to the Act means a person other than the citizen
who has made request for information. Any public authority other than the
public authority to whom the request has been made shall also be included in
the definition of third party.
31. It may be noted that information including commercial confidence, trade
secrets or intellectual property, the disclosure of which would harm the
competitive position of a third party, is exempt from disclosure. Section 8(1)(d)
requires that such information should not be disclosed unless the competent
authority is satisfied that larger public interest warrants the disclosure of such
information.
32. If an applicant seeks any information which relates to or has been supplied
by a third party and that third party has treated that information as confidential, the
Central Public Information Officer should consider whether the information should
be disclosed or not. The guiding principle in such cases should be that except in
the case of trade or commercial secrets protected by law, disclosure may be
allowed if the public interest in disclosure outweighs in importance any possible
harm or injury to the interests of such third party. However, procedure as given
below should be followed before disclosing such information. It may be noted that
this procedure need be followed only when the third party has treated the
information as confidential.
33. If the CPIO intends to disclose the information, he should within five
days from the receipt of the application, give a written notice to the third party
that the information has been sought by the applicant under the RTI Act and that
he intends to disclose the information. He should request the third party to
make a submission in writing or orally, regarding whether the information
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should be disclosed. The third party should be given a time of ten days, from
the date of receipt of the notice by him, to make representation against the
proposed disclosure, if any.
34. The Central Public Information Officer should make a decision regarding
disclosure of the information keeping in view the submission of the third party.
Such a decision should be taken within forty days from the receipt of the request
for information. After taking the decision, the CPIO should give a notice of his
decision to the third party in writing. The notice given to the third party should
include a statement that the third party is entitled to prefer an appeal under
section 19 against the decision.
35. The third party can prefer an appeal to the First Appellate Authority
against the decision made by the Central Public Information Officer within
thirty days from the date of the receipt of notice. If not satisfied with the
decision of the First Appellate Authority, the third party can prefer the second
appeal to the Central Information Commission.
36. If an appeal has been filed by the third party against the decision of the
CPIO to disclose the third party information, the information should not be
disclosed till the appeal is decided.
Time Limit for Filine of First Appeal
37. The first appeal may be made within 30 days from the date of expiry of
the prescribed period or from the receipt of communication from the CPIO. If
the First Appellate Authority is satisfied that the appellant was prevented by
sufficient cause from filing the appeal, the appeal maybe admitted after 30 days
also.
Disposal of Appeal
38. Deciding appeals under the RTI Act is a quasi-judicial function. It is,
therefore, necessary that the appellate authority should see to it that the justice is
not only done but it should also appear to have been done. In order to do so, the
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