Any citizen of INDIA can ask for information under

RTI these laws.

The act extends to the whole of country except the
state of Jammu and Kashmir.
OCI’S(OVERSEAS CITIZENS OF INDIA) and
PIO’S(PERSONS OF INDIAN ORIGIN) card holders
can also ask for information under the RTI ACT.
For citizens OCI’S & PIO’S who are staying out of
india,the RTI application can be filed with the PIO of
local INDIAN EMBASSY.
 You can seek information under RTI ACT 2005 from any public
Authority(govt organisation or govt aided organisation) Application
can be hand written or typed.Application form can be downloaded
from INDIA DEVELOPMENT GATEWAY PORTAL
 Application should be submit in ENGLISH,HINDI Or ANY
LANGUAGE.

 Provide the following in your application.

I. Name and office address of Assistant public officer(APIO)/PUBLIC
INFORMATION OFFICER.
II. SUBJECT:Application under-section 6(1) of RTI 2005
III. Particular of information you want from public authority.
IV. Applicant Name
V. Father’s/Husband name
VI. Category-SC/ST/OBC
VII. Applicant fee
VIII. Are you come under BPL family-YES/NO
IX. Postal address with phone number
X. Date and place
XI. Applicant signature
XII. List of rnclosures
1st APPEAL APPLICATION UNDER RTI
ACT 2005
1. W H E N T O D O 1 ST A P P E A L
I. I F P I O R E J E C T S Y O U R A P P L I C A T I O N . 1 ST
APPEAL WILL BE FILED WITH IN 30 DAYS
II. IF THERE IS NO REPLY WITHIN
30DAYS,THEN FIRST APPEAL WILL BE
FILED BY CPIO.
III. IF PUBLIC AUTHORITY HAVEN’T
APPOINTED ASSISTANT PUBLIC OFFICER
/PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER TO
RECEIVE THE APPLICATION OR TO
SUPPLY THE SOUGHT INFORMATION
2. WHOM TO?
I. FINDOUT NAME,DESIGNATION &
ADDRESS OF APPELLATE AURTHORITY
FROM DECISION OF CPIO
3. If you to be present during the first appeal
hearing,mention it at the end
4. No fee is prescribed for the first appeal
5. All photocopies of enclosure mentioned in the
appeal should be self-attested by the
applicant under the word “ATTESTED” &full
si9gnature
6. Retain one set of appeal and postal receipt
7. FAA has to decide within 30days
 SUBMIT 2ND APPEAL APPLICATION.
1. When to submit 2nd appeal application
o If you are not satisfied with the judgement of
1st appellate officer
o If you think supplied information by public
officer is incompleter/false
 Submit online application to CIC
WHEN TO FILE ONLIE COMPLAINT TO CIC?
When tou are unable to submit your application
to a central public officer,either by reason that
no such officer has been appointed under act.
Visit “submit RTI complaint to CIC”