RTI Act

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Right to Information Act, 2005

The Director General of Audit has appointed Central Public Information Officer to assist in discharging the duties under this Act in the office. A person, who desires to obtain any information under Right to Information Act, 2005 shall make a request in writing in English or Hindi accompanying such fee as may be prescribed, to the Central Public Information Officer, specifying the particulars of the information sought by him or her. Provided that where such request cannot be made in writing, the Central Public Information Officer shall render all reasonable assistance to the person making the request orally to reduce the same in writing.

Format of Application:There is no specific Application Form. The Applicant should clearly mention his/her name & complete address for Correspondence, Telephone No.(Optional) and specific information which he/she wants if practicable with No. & Date etc.

To whom Application shall be addressed:All application for information under RTI shall be addressed to Central Public Information Officer (CPIO).

Application Fee : The request for obtaining information under sub-section (1) of section 6 shall be accompanied by an application fee of `10.00 (Rupees ten only) by way of cash against proper receipt or by demand draft or bankers cheque from Nationalized/ Scheduled Bank or Indian Postal Order in favour of “FA&CAO/S.E.C. Railway/Bilaspur.’’

Fees for information :

(A). For providing the information under sub-section (1) of section 7, the fee shall be charged by way of cash against proper receipt or by demand draft or bankers cheque from Nationalized/ Scheduled Bank or Indian Postal Order in favour “FA&CAO/S.E.C. Railway/Bilaspur.’’ at the following rates:-

1. Rupees two for each page (in A-4 or A-3 size paper) created or copied;
2. Actual charge or cost price of a copy in larger size paper;
3. Actual cost or price for samples or models ; and
4. For inspection of records, no fee for the first hour; and a fee of rupees five for each subsequent hour (or fraction thereof) thereafter.

(B). For providing the information under sub-section (5) of section 7, the fee shall be charged by way of cash against proper receipt or by demand draft or bankers cheque from Nationalized/ Scheduled Bank or Indian Postal Order in favour of “Pay and Accounts Officer, Office of the Accountant General (A&E) Chhattisgarh Raipur” at the following rates :-

1. For information provided in diskette or floppy rupees fifty per diskette or floppy; and
2. For information provided in printed form at the price fixed for such publication or rupees two per page of photocopy for extracts from the publication.

Period for supply of information :Information sought for under RTI Act would be provided within 30 days of receipt of application. For timely submission of information duly filled application with all the details of information required along with requisite fees shall be submitted to this office. Information maintained by this office only will be provided to the applicant.

If the application submitted under RTI is defective due to non-availability of details, non-submission of fees etc. the period of 30 days would be counted only from the date of receipt of the revised application.

Appeal: If the office fails to provide the information applied for within 30 days or applicant is not satisfied with reply given by CPIO, applicant can file an appeal to the first appellate authority against the Central Public Information Officer (CPIO) within thirty days from the date of reply. The first appeal against the CPIO can be addressed to the Director General of Audit, South East Central Railway, Bilaspur. No further fee is required for submitting an appeal.

The address of communication and Phone/Fax number of CPIO and the appellate authorities are: