FIRST APPELLATE AUTHORITY IS RESPONSIBLE TO ACT IN A FAIR AND JUDICIOUS MANNER, WHILE DISPOSING OF THE FIRST APPEAL WITHIN A PERIOD OF 30 DAYS.

The first appellate authority, while disposing of the first appeals, should act in a fair and judicious manner. At the same time, it is very important for the FAA that the order passed by first appellate authority should be a detailed and speaking order, giving justification for the decision arrived at. (2) If an appellate authority while deciding an appeal comes to a conclusion that the appellant should be supplied information in addition to what has been supplied by the public information officer, he may either (I) pass an order directing the public information officer to give such information to the appellant, or(l l) he himself may give information to the appellant. In the first case, the appellate authority should ensure that the information ordered by him to be supplied is supplied to the appellant immediately, It would, however, be better if the appellate authority chooses the second course of action and he himself furnishes the information along with the order passed by him in the matter. (3) If, in any case, the public information officer, don't implement the order passed by the appellate authority and the appellate authority feels that intervention of higher authority is required to get his order implemented, he should bring the matter to the notice of the officer in the public authority competent to take action against the public information officer. Such competent officer shall take necessary action so as to ensure implementation of the provisions of the RTI Act. (4) The first appellate authority should dispose of the appeal within 30 days of receipt of the appeal. In some exceptional cases, the appellate authority may take 45 days for its disposal. However, in such cases, the appellate authority should record, in writing, the reasons for not deciding the appeal within 30 days.