APPLICANTS MAY FOLLOW RTI ACT ADJUDICATION IF DENIED SERVICE UNDER PUBLIC SERVICE GUARANTEE ACT-2011

Subject to the provisos to Rule 18(1) of the RTI act publications it shall be the duty of the CIC or SIC,as the case may be, to receive and enquire into the Complaint from any person (a) who has been unable to submit a request to a PIO either by reason that no such officer has been appointed under this Act, or because the APIO , as the case may be, has refused to accept his/ her Application for information or Appeal under this Act for forwarding the same to the PIO or senior officer specified in subsection (1) of section 19 or the CIC or SIC,as the case may be:-- (b) who has been refused access to any information requested under this Act, (c) who has not been given a response to a request for information or access to information with in the time limit specified under this Act, (d) who has been required to pay an amount of fee which he or she considers unreasonable, (e) who believe that he or she has been given, incomplete, misleading or false information under this Act and (f) in respect of any other matter relating to requesting or obtaining access to records under this Act.(2) Where the CIC or SIC,as the case may be, is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds to Enquire onto the matter, it may initiate an enquiry in respect there of.(3) The CIC or SIC have the same powers as are vested in the civil court while trying a suit under the code of civil procedure,1908 for which summoning and enforcing the attendance along with requirements of the written evidence and to produce the Documents before the Commission ,may demand evidence on the affidavit and any other matter which is prescribed under the law code manual prefixed by the study of protocol mentioned in the above mentioned section -5 of the code of civil procedure-1908 .