Re: [rti4empowerment] First Appeal before FAA - DoPT

Dear sir, Technically, Mr. Roy is wrong to say that the PIO's clock ticks only from the date of receipt of application physically by PIO. Section 6(1) of RTI Act says that the application to be submitted to PIO of concerned public Authority. so, when the application  reaches the Public Authority , not the PIO , the countdown of  30 days begins. Moreover,  Same section also stipulates that the application can be submitted through electronic means. so, the best way is to send the application to PIO by e-mail  followed by hard copy by speed or registered post.

Regards.

umapathi.s

On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 8:25 AM, Manoj Pai <manojpai@yahoo.com> wrote:

So one would have to do a Prof Ansari against them. Use their own manual against the CPIO, which clearly states that all letters / communications should be diarised on the same day of its receipt in the office. Later, it should be sent to the concerned officer on the same or next working day. Which means, the application should be delivered to the concerned CPIO latest by the next working day. If what you say is true, the onus would then be on the CPIO, that he was not in his chamber for the next 15 days. Of course, he will conceal the fact that all officers have to maintain a Movement Register. So it is all open to us, to seek inspection of not only the diary register, but the Movement register of the CPIO as well. Manoj PS: It was Prof. Ansari who used the DoP&T Manual of Officer Procedure, against them in the full bench CIC Decision, in the matter of Pyarelal concerning file notings. --- On Tue, 3/22/11, Sarbajit Roy <sroy.mb@gmail.com> wrote: From: Sarbajit Roy <sroy.mb@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [rti4empowerment] First Appeal before FAA - DoPT To: rti4empowerment@googlegroups.com Date: Tuesday, March 22, 2011, 7:04 AM The DoPT PIO's clock starts ticking only when the RTI request reaches him physically. So although it may have been received by the DoPT's dak section on date 1, it usually takes about 15 days extra to reach the PIO's desk