POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE CIC OR SIC UNDER SECTION 18 SUBJECT TO THE PROVISION , RELATED TO RECEIVE AND ENQUIRE INTO THE COMPLAINT FROM ANY PERSON.

Under Section 18 of RTI act publications and provison made under the law code manual,it shall be the duty of the CIC or the SIC,as the case may be,to receive and enquire into a Complaint from any person (a) Who has been unable to submit a request to a CPIO or the PIO , as the case may be,either by reason that no such Officer has been appointed under this act or because the Assistant  Officer ,as the case may be,has refused to accept his or her Application for information or Appeal under this act for forwarding the same to the CPIO or PIO or senior officer specified in sub -section (1) of section 19