DESIGNATED PIO IS RESPONSIBLE TO FOLLOW LAW CODE MANUAL OF RTI ACT ADJUDICATION AND REFER CASES

The RTI act 2005 empowering the people of country to get information from the any public authoritiy A designated officer of the department known Public information officer plays a pivotal role in making the right of citizen to the information a reality and the RTI act publications casts specific duties on the PIO and too makes him liable for penalty in case of the default.It is therefore very essential for the PIOs to study the RTI act publications carefully and understand the provision made by the study of protocol mentioned in the various sections of the RTI act 2005 along with further instructions if any so that wrong interpretation of the law code manual may not appear in the orders and compliance determined by the study of impact assessment realised by the concerned PIO responsible to protect the fundamental rights of the common man demanding free and fair justice from the system of governance .In many cases informations are obtained by the concerned PIOs from the subordinate offices and at the same time PIO is too responsible to refer cases to the pertinent departments from where the basic  information could be designed under the provision made and created for the welfare of society and circle so it is necessary for the PIOs to look into the matter Accordingly and decide cases for further information to the citizens of Society and circle instead of returning the RTI applications with the plea that information is not available in the office which is wrong and contrary to the law code manual issued for the welfare of Common man demanding free and fair justice from the system of governance.As such every PIO is responsible to verify the facts of informations sought from the public authoritiy as matter pertains to the department and the government for which PIO should also apply his mind before returning the same to Applicants in the interest of justice and fair play deal of the case file submitted to the departmental authorities ie PIO , FAA as well as the SIC or CIC as concerned office of the said PIO may be the office of the HOD or the head of the office of the zone or area covered from from where such informations related and required to be maintained by the study of protocol mentioned for the outlook at upper level of the department and government responsible to protect the fundamental rights of the common man as well as the Society and circle covered with in the periphery and jurisdiction of the public authorities