Right to Information Act (RTI)

1. Overview and Officers

  1. RTI Act, 2005
  2. RTI Officers of Directorate Office
  3. Compliance of Section 4(b) of RTI Act 2005

2. Organization Details

  1. The particulars of organization, functions and duties
  2. The powers and duties of its officers and employees
  3. The procedure followed in the decision making process, including channels of supervision and accountability
  4. The norms set by it for the discharge of its functions
  5. The rules, regulations, instructions, manuals and records held by it or under its control or used by its employees for discharging its functions
  6. A statement of the categories of documents that are held by it or under its control
  7. The particulars of any arrangement that exists for consultation with, or representation by, the members of the public in relation to the formulation of its policy or administration thereof
  8. Statement of the boards, councils, committees and other bodies consisting of two or more persons constituted as its part or for the purpose of its advice and whether their meetings are open to the public or the minutes accessible
  9. A directory of its officers and employees
  10. The monthly remuneration received by each of its officers and employees, including the system of compensation as provided in its regulations
  11. The budgets allocated to each of its agency, indicating the particulars of all plans, proposed expenditures and reports on disbursement made
  12. The manner of execution of subsidy programmes, including the amounts allocated and details of beneficiaries
  13. Particulars of recipients of concession, permits or authorizations granted by it
  14. Details in respect of information available to or held by it, reduced in an electronic form
  15. The particulars of facilities available to citizens for obtaining information, including working hours of a library or reading room if maintained
  16. The names, designations and other particulars of the public information officers

3. Court Rulings / Orders

  1. Bombay High Court Orders regarding RTI
  2. CBSE & Ans. v/s Aditya Bandopadhyay & Ors. – Civil Appeal no. 6254/2011
  3. ICAI v/s Shaunak H. Satya & Ors. – Civil Appeal no. 7571/2011
  4. CIC & Ans. v/s State of Manipur & Ans. – Civil Appeal no. 10787-10788/2011
  5. Girish Ramchandra Deshpande v/s CIC & Ors. – SLP no. 27734/2012
  6. Thalappalam Ser. Coop. Bank Ltd. & Ors. v/s State Bank of Kerala & Ors. – Civil Appeal no. 9017/2013

4. Guidelines and Clarifications

  1. Guidelines for Information Seeker
  2. Guidelines for Public Authority
  3. Guidelines for First Appellate Authority
  4. Clarification regarding Format of Information
  5. Clarification regarding Section 5 of RTI
  6. Clarification regarding File Notings
  7. List of SPIO and FAA in HSBTE/HSTES/Field offices