DECIDING APPEALS UNDER THE RTI ACT IS A QUASI-JUDICIAL FUNCTION AND FAA IS RESPONSIBLE TO PASS A SPEAKING ORDER GIVING JUSTIFICATION FOR THE DECISION ARRIVED AT.

It is a matter of fact and concern related to the
awareness generation for RTI obligated to awareness about the provisions of the Act, where in yesterday on 18-6-2025 our Welfare Group regular member Shri Rajat Kumar from the Bilaspur Himachal pradesh contacted me for the description made under Section 19(6) of the RTI act, 2005 and in addition to him one student from the Haryana state of Government also contacted me about the similar innovative awareness generation about the Section 19(6) of the RTI act, 2005 and these people clearly explained in the discussion held that they feel it necessary to have knowledge and skill about this function of the FAA and found it necessary to have some clarifications from the group senior member. Both the members provided access to their demand under public service through online arguments and changes to the time frame prescribed by the RTI Act under Section 19(6) of the RTI act, 2005 for deciding first appeals from 30 days to 45 days under the circumstances where some exceptional cases appear before the FAA and the FAA may take 45 days instead of 30 days, however its disposal should not take more than 45 days and in such cases the FAA should record in writing, the reasons for not deciding the appeals with in 30 days. It is particularly mentioned in the above section under Section 19(6) of the RTI act, 2005 that, it is a quasi judicial function of the Appellant authority and it is necessary that FAA should see to it that the justice is not only done, but it should also appear to have been done. In order to do so, the order passed by the FAA should be a speaking order giving justification for the decision arrived at. As such Appellate authorities are responsible to examine the appeals judiciously and express their agreement with the decision issued by the DoP&T memo dated, 9-7-2007 mechanically. Er Fateh chand Guleria RTI Welfare Association registered number HPCD 3552 , Bilaspur Himachal pradesh phone number 9459334377

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