GOVERNMENT OF INDIA'S DECISION (REITERATION OF GUIDELINES) DATED -17-2-2015.

Section 26 of the RTI Act requires the Government to compile a guide containing such information, in an easily comprehensible form and manner, as may reasonably be required by a person who wishes to exercise any right specified in the Act. Further, it requires the Government to update the guide at regular intervals. Accordingly a Guide on the Act was published online on 28-11-2013 (Chapter 111) to help all the stakeholders viz information seekers in getting their information, public information officers, in dealing with the RTI applications, First Appellate Authorities in taking cogent decisions on appeals and the public authorities in implementing various provisions of the Act in right earnest. (2) The public information officers/First Appellate Authorities should keep in mind the salient features of the guideline in supply of information to the information seekers and disposal of first appeal respectively, so that information seekers may not resort to filing of second appeals before the information commissions. The relevant salient features of the guidelines are reiterated below for consideration of the public information officers and the first appellate authorities. As such now a days both the posts of the SIC and CIC are lying vacant in the state Government of Himachal pradesh and it is necessary for the FAAs to verify the reiterated guidelines and follow Government of India department of personnel and training OM No F. No 1/32/2013-IR dated 17-2-2015 and decide appeals under the RTI Act accordingly, being this quasi - judicial function, where in it is necessary for the First appellate authorities to 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 appellate authorities should be a speaking order giving justification for the decision arrived at the conclusion :-- Er Fateh Chand Guleria, Director, RTI welfare Association registered number HPCD, 3552 , Bilaspur Himachal pradesh phone number, 9459334377