India Right To Information

T Sadagopan, a consumer activist in Pattabiram, was surprised to see his appeal under the Right To Information Act returned four months after he sent it to the Central Information Commission (CIC). The CIC sent him a four-page communication explaining how to file an appeal. Stating that his appeal was not in accordance with the procedure prescribed, the CIC put a condition that the appellant, before sending an appeal to the commission should give a copy to the public information officer of the department about which he had sought information and a copy to the head of that department, who is the first appellate authority, An acknowledgement of this should be enclosed with the appeal to the CIC. The commission insisted that the appeal should also have documentary proof of the fee paid along with the original application. It should also contain two sets of copies of all the documents to get the appeal admitted for hearing.

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