tnsic.gov.in : Guidelines & Format for Filing Appeal Tamil Nadu

Organisation : Tamil Nadu Information Commission
Type of Facility : Guidelines & Format for Filing Appeal

Procedure : https://www.statusin.in/uploads/22167-AppealFormat_English.pdf
Website : http://www.tnsic.gov.in/

Guidelines for Filing Appeal :

** The Tamil Nadu State Information Commission has been receiving queries about format in which Second Appeal under Section 19(3) of Right to Information Act is to be submitted.

Related : TNSIC Procedure for Requesting Information under RTI in Tamil Nadu : www.statusin.in/2771.html

** In this connection, a format has been evolved and is appended below, along with Guidelines on filing of Appeal.

Guidelines :
(i) There is no need to pay any fees for this appeal.
(ii) The appeal should be on plain paper.
(iii) The contents should be typed (including a computer print-out) or written legibly.
(iv) Since this a statutory appeal, use of letter head for typing the appeal or inclusion of any material irrelevant to the appeal should be avoided.
(v) The appeal should not be addressed to the names of the Chief Information Commissioner or any State Information Commissioner
(vide Rule 3(2) of the Tamil Nadu Information Commission (Appeal Procedure) Rules.
(vi) The appeal should bear the signature of the petitioner.

(vii) Appeals are liable to be returned for the following reasons:
(1) Petition has been preferred to the Commission directly without approaching the Public Information Officer / Appellate Authority in the first place.
(2) The appellant has not moved the First Appellate Authority under Section 19(1) before filing his appeal to the Commission.
(3) The petitioner has requested the Commission to collect information from a public authority and furnish it to him. The Commission is not a repository of information on different departments.
(4) The Second Appeal has not been filed within the time limit of 90 days of receipt of order on first appeal or the date on which such order should have been received [vide Section19(3) of RTI Act).
(5) Documents required have not been enclosed.
(6) The Public Authority does not come within the purview of the State Information Commission.
(7) The appeal is not signed.
(8) The appeal is illegible or unintelligible.
(9) The matter does not relate to any public authority governed by RTI Act.
(10) The appeal is on the letter-head of an association / organization / party, etc.
(11) A single second appeal has been filed combining more than one RTI petition.

(viii) A format for Second Appeal under Section 19(3) is appended. The appeal should be in accordance with the requirements of Rules 3 and 4 of the Tamil Nadu Information Commission (Appeal Procedure) Rules.
(ix) This Form is only for Second Appeal to be filed before the State Information Commission and does not apply to first appeal under Section 19(1) before the appellate authority (officer senior to the Public Information Officer).

Reason for appeal :
Reason for appeal [Tick against appropriate column(s) below]
i. PIO did not send reply
ii. Appellate Authority failed to pass order
iii. Reply refused, without due justification
iv. Reply is incorrect / misleading / false
v. Reply is partial or incomplete