No need for model format for replying to RTI query: Govt panel
12 Nov 2014 7:17 AM IST
A government-appointed committee has rejected the need for having a standard format for replying to applications filed under the Right to Information (RTI) Act.
It also suggested that central public information officers (CPIOs), who replies to RTI queries, should mention email ID and telephone numbers among others mandatorily while answering the applications.
A three-member committee was recently formed by the government to evolve model format for RTI replies, comprising one representatives each from department of personnel and training (DoPT), nodal department to see implementation of the transparency law, ministry of home affairs and central information commission.
During its meeting held late last month, the committee observed that there is neither any provision in the RTI Act or rules for a model or standard format of filing application or replies.
‘There should not be a model or standard format for reply to the RTI application, as there is no such provision in the RTI Act or the RTI rules,’ the panel said in its report submitted to the DoPT.
It also suggested that central public information officers (CPIOs), who replies to RTI queries, should mention email ID and telephone numbers among others mandatorily while answering the applications.
A three-member committee was recently formed by the government to evolve model format for RTI replies, comprising one representatives each from department of personnel and training (DoPT), nodal department to see implementation of the transparency law, ministry of home affairs and central information commission.
During its meeting held late last month, the committee observed that there is neither any provision in the RTI Act or rules for a model or standard format of filing application or replies.
‘There should not be a model or standard format for reply to the RTI application, as there is no such provision in the RTI Act or the RTI rules,’ the panel said in its report submitted to the DoPT.
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