Re: [HumJanenge] DoPT concedes on RTI Rules

And tomorrow is 2nd April !!

No doubt the Govt has powers to set fees and recover costs for
enabling RTI provisions. Each of the fees and costs they have now
agreed to levy can be justified under RTI Act. As such we do not want
to appeal these.

The one we plan to file a 2nd appeal to CIC is to be informed on the
specific provisions of RTI Act which enable a penalty to be levied on
frivolous / vexatious APPELLANTS. (please note this is not levied on
frivolous APPLICANTS) and the reasoning on how this forms part of
Appeal Procedure.

Sarbajit

On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 10:31 AM, C K Jam <rtiwanted@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Members, please remember that today is 1st April !
> ________________________________
> From: Sarbajit Roy <sroy.mb@gmail.com>
> To: humjanenge <humjanenge@googlegroups.com>
> Sent: Friday, April 1, 2011 12:05 AM
> Subject: Re: [HumJanenge] DoPT concedes on RTI Rules
>
> Summary of latest status on DoPT's RTI Rules in reply to 3 RTIs and
> after 1 decided first appeal.
>
> FEES:
> 1) No change in RTI Application fee. It stays at Rs.10
> 2) First Appeal fees fixed at Rs 25 or Court Fee in concerned State
> under Court Fee Act, whichever is higher.
> 3) Second Appeal fee to CIC fixed at Rs 250
> NB: Third parties have been exempted from paying appeal fees.
>
> COSTS:
> 1) Costs on hire of machinery, is prescribed for color photocopy
> (Rs.20 per A3/A4 page) and scanning of documents (Rs. 5 per A3/A4
> page)
> 2) Forwarding Cost u/s 6(3) is fixed at Rs.50 per transfer
> 3) Cost of issuing Third Party notice u/s 11 is fixed at Rs. 50 per notice.
>
> FINES:
> The CIC is being given powers to levy fines upto Rs. 10,000 on /
> vexatious appellants as part of appeal procedure. It is not clear
> which provision / section of RTI Act the DoPT intends to use to
> justify this. We are planning to file 2nd appeal to CIC.
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