ESSENTIAL FORMAT FOR GIVING INFORMATION TO THE APPLICANTS, UNDER RTI ACT, 2005 AND GUIDELINES MENTIONED BY THE DOP&T MEMO 06-10-2015.

Informations required under RTI act, 2005 could not denied to the applicants, even related to the personal information , however the public interest is required to be verified by the public authorities in this behalf of the demand under public service as such careful reading of the definition of information and right to information, makes it clear that a citizen has a right to get the material, inspect the material, take notes from the material, take extract , or certified copies of the material, take samples of the material, take the material in the form of the diskettes, etc. The Public information officer is required to supply such material to the citizen who seek it. The public information officer is required to supply the materials in the form as held by the public authority and is not required to do research on behalf of the citizen to reduce any thing from the material and then supply it to him . In case the information requested for is denied, detailed reasons for denial quoting the relevant sections of the RTI Act should be clearly mentioned. The name, designation, address, official telephone number and the e-mail ID of the First Appellate Authority should also be clearly mentioned. Keeping in view the above description made by the Act there is no reason to deny a personal information in case the said information is related to the public activities and interest and disclosure of which is required in the public welfare and demand under public service and too requires an informed citizenry and transparency of information which are vital to its functions and also to contain corruption and to hold Governments and their instrumentalities accountable to the governed.