Status Check, Procedures, Facilities

Organization :Central Information Commission
Facility : File RTI Second Appeal & Check Status

Home Page :https://cic.gov.in/
Submit here :http://rti.india.gov.in/rti_second_appeal_lodging.php
Check Status :http://rti.india.gov.in/rti_check_request_status.php?cat=appeal

RTI Second Appeal :

RTI Act confers right to access to information held by a Public Authority on all Citizens. In case,you have been denied the access to information you may file Appeal / Complaint before the Central Information Commission (CIC).

Related : Right to Information Status of Appeals in CIC : www.statusin.in/2723.html

When to file an Appeal :
** Any person who, does not receive a decision within the time specified in sub-section (1) or clause (a) of sub-section (3) of section 7, or is aggrieved by a decision of the Central Public Information Officer or State Public Information Officer, as the case may be, may within thirty days from the expiry of such period or from the receipt of such a decision prefer an appeal to such officer who is senior in rank to the Central Public Information Officer or State Public Information Officer as the case may be, in each public authority :
** Where an appeal is preferred against an order made by a Central Public Information Officer or a State Public Information Officer, as the case may be, under section 11 to disclose third party information, the appeal by the concerned third party shall be made within thirty days from the date of the order.
** A second appeal against the decision under sub-section (1) shall lie within ninety days from the date on which the decision should have been made or was actually received, with the Central Information Commission or the State Information Commission :
** If the decision of the Central Public Information Officer or State Public Information Officer, as the case may be, against which an appeal is preferred relates to information of a third party, the Central Information Commission or State Information Commission, as the case may be, shall give a reasonable opportunity of being heard to that third party.
** The decision of the Central Information Commission or State Information Commission, as the case may be, shall be binding.
** In its decision, the Central Information Commission or State Information Commission, as the case may be, has the power to require the public authority to take any such steps as may be necessary to secure compliance with the provisions of this Act, including :
** by providing access to information, if so requested, in a particular form;
** by appointing a Central Public Information Officer or State Public Information Officer, as the case may be;
** by publishing certain information or categories of information;
** by making necessary changes to its practices in relation to the maintenance, management and destruction of records;
** by enhancing the provision of training on the right to information for its officials;
** by providing it with an annual report in compliance with clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 4;
** require the public authority to compensate the complainant for any loss or other detriment suffered;
** impose any of the penalties provided under this Act;
** reject the application.