tripurarti.nic.in Check RTI Complaints/Appeals Status : Tripura Information Commission

Organisation : Tripura Information Commission
Service Name : Check RTI Complaints / Appeals Status
Applicable States/ UTs : Tripura
Website : https://tripurarti.nic.in/

Tripura Check RTI Complaints/Appeals Status

Fill in all the fields of the form. You can search using Complaint-Number/Appeal-Number (or) Name (or) E-Mail ID.

Related : Tripura Information Commission Check Your Second Appeal Status : www.statusin.in/38644.html

Complaints / Appeals

The Act provides for filing a First Appeal in case of denial of information by the Public Information Officers with a designated senior Officer of the concerned Department who has been declared as the First Appellate Authority [ FAA ] in the organization.

Time Limits

The Act specifies time limits for replying to the request.
** If the request has been made to the PIO, the reply is to be given within 30 days of receipt.
** If the request has been made to an APIO, the reply is to be given within 35 days of receipt.

** If the PIO transfers the request to another public authority (better concerned with the information requested), the time allowed to reply is 30 days but computed from the day after it is received by the PIO of the transferee authority.

Frequently Asked Questions

1. Is it required to give reasons for seeking the particular information from the public authority or stating the purpose for requiring the information?
No.

2. Is it possible to seek more than one item of information under one application or only one item of information is sought in one application?
In one application one or more than one item of information may be sought.

3. What could be the ground for rejection?
If it is covered under the provision for exemption from disclosure under Sec.8 or 9 of the Act or as contained under Second Schedule of the Act.

4. Who will bear the postal charges of dispatching information at the information seeker’s address through ordinary/registered post?
The public authority would bear the postal charges to send the information at the address provided by the citizens in their petitions seeking information.

5. What is the scope for second appeal under the Act?
If the First Appellate Authority fails to pass an order on the appeal within the prescribed period or if the appellant is not satisfied with the order of the First Appellate Authority, he/she may prefer a second appeal with the State Information Commission within ninety days from the date on which the decision should have been made by the First Appellate Authority or was actually received by the appellant.

6. What is the fee for filing the first appeal before public authority or second appeal and complaint before the Information Commission?
No fee is charged for preferring the first appeal before the public authority or second appeal/complaint before the Commission.

7. What is third party information?
Third party in relation to the Act means a person other than the citizen who has made request for information.