IF, IN ANY CASE, THE PIO DOES NOT IMPLEMENT THE ORDER PASSED BY FAA AND THE FAA FEELS THAT INTERVENTION OF HIGHER AUTHORITY IS REQUIRED TO GET HIS ORDER IMPLEMENTED, HE SHOULD BRING THE MATTER TO THE NOTICE OF COMPETENT AUTHORITY

The First Appellate Authority has a very important role under the RTI Act, 2005.The independent and judicious examination of appeals by the First appellate Authorities would lead to higher satisfaction to the appellants. This would, in turn, result in less number of second Appeals to the information Commission. If the applicant does not receive information or decision about rejection of request or communication about payment of additional fee within the specified period, he can make an appeal to the FAA. Appeal can also be made if the applicant is aggrieved by the decision of the public information officer regarding supply of information or the quantum of fee decided by the public information officer. The applicant may prefer the first appeal within thirty days from the expiry of such period or from the receipt of such a decision of the public information officer. The first appellate authority may admit the appeal after expiry of the period of thirty days if he or she is satisfied that the appellant was prevented by sufficient cause from filing the appeal in time. A third party can also prefer an appeal to the FAA against the order of the public information officer to disclose third party information, Such an appeal shall be made within thirty days from the date of the order. While disposing of the first appeals, the FAA should act in a fair and judicious manner. It is very important that the order passed by the FAA should be a detailed and a speaking order, giving justification for the decision arrived at.