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Jai Hind!!
I wish to specify that you may please not provide to me that information (or particular portion thereof) which would impede the prosecution of offenders under any law of India, and also any personal information which is unconnected with any public activity/interest or which invades the privacy of any person. THIS INFORMATION IS SOUGHT IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST, AND THERE IS OVER-RIDING PARAMOUNT LARGER PUBLIC INTEREST TO BE GIVEN THE INFORMATION I HAVE ASKED FOR. This information is sought under the RTI Act’05, and as the applicant I would retain the right to inspect or ask for certified copies of the relevant documents/records/informations.
Preamble:- The Cantonment Boards, as per the National Commission to Review the Working of the Constitution of India, “have always remained a puzzle”. You can therefore appreciate the position of the ordinary citizen of India in trying to assign transparency and accountability with the Cantonment Boards. Cantonments remain a subject under the Union List, with accountability to Parliament.
The Cantonments Act 1924, as you will be aware, has its genesis in the need for an alien army to co-exist with a ruled civilian population. I do not wish to go into this further for the purposes of this application, except to state that despite my best efforts, I have been singularly unable to find the  responsible public authority/authorities who will provide me with the following information, which pertains to the Pune Cantonment Board but can by definition be applicable to all Cantonments in India, too.
Which is why, within the ambit of the RTI Act’05, I choose to approach the PIO of the Office of the Prime Minister of India, since I am unable to figure out which Public Authorities are responsible, and request most humbly that as a citizen of India who is no longer a member of a “ruled civilian population”, I be provided by the PIO of the PMO the following informations:-
1) Please provide me with information on the Laws of India under which legally registered motor vehicles operating in India under the MVA and CMVR of the Govt. of India, which have already paid Central and State road taxes, while passing through roads which lie within Cantonments, are impeded from free passage and made to pay additional “Vehicle Entry Tax” or “VET”. Please note – this query applies to roads which are open to general  traffic, within Cantonments,  and not shut for security or any other reasons. It is essential to notehere that as per the Cantonments Act 1924, any taxes levied by Cantonment Boards need the prior sanction of the Central Government.
2) Please provide me with information on how and why the motor vehicle under my charge while driving through Pune was made to pay Rs 165/- as VET under duress by the Cantonment Executive Officer, Pune, on 13th of August, 2006 vide VET receipt No. 3816 signed by Shri Dinesh Pawar, Cantonment Executive Officer, Pune with their reference Letter No. 1/2/TAX/VET/2006-2007 dated 21st of April, 2006. (Copy enclosed for your ready reference)
3) Please provide me with information on the system of cash flow of the funds collected in this manner under “VET” by the Pune Cantonment Board, and the break-up on how much of these funds for the FY 2004-2005 and 2005-2006, collected as VET in the name of the Pune Cantonment Board, actually reach Government coffers.
Thanking you,
Yours sincerely,
Veeresh Malik,
D-61, Defence Colony,
New Delhi – 110024

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தகவல் அறியும் உரிமை சட்டத்தின் 2005 கீழ்  தகவல் பெரும் விண்ணப்பம்

அனுப்புனர் ,



பெறுனர் ,
பொது தகவல் வழங்கும் அலுவலர் அவர்கள்
 சென்னை

அய்யா ,

 அனைத்து மாவட்டத்திலுள்ள அரசு உயர்நிலை மேல்நிலை பள்ளிகளின் கிழ்கண்ட விவரங்களை அளித்து உதவுமாறு கேட்டுகொள்கிறேன்

01. பள்ளியில் உள்ள ஆசிரியர் மற்றும் தலைமை ஆசிரியர் களின் மீது குற்றங்கள் /தண்டனைகள் இருப்பின் அவற்றின் முழு விவரங்கள் .
02. பள்ளியில் உள்ள ஆசிரியர் மற்றும் தலைமை ஆசிரியர் கள. 25 வருடம் பணியாற்றியதற்கு பெற்ற முழு விவரங்கள் .
03. இதுவரை பள்ளியில் பயிற்சி பெற்ற கல்வியியல் மாணவர்கள் மற்றும் அவர்கள் பள்ளிக்கு அளித்த உபயங்கள் பற்றிய முழு விவரங்கள் .
04. ஆண்டு தணிக்கை செய்யப்பட்ட நாள் மற்றும் குறைகள் பற்றிய முழு விவரங்கள் .
05. இதுவரை பெறப்பட்ட புரவலர் தொகை மற்றும் செலவு செய்தவை பற்றிய முழு விவரங்கள் .
06. இதுவரை பள்ளியில் இருந்து மாறுதலில் மற்றும் பணி துறப்பில் சென்றவர்கள் பற்றிய முழு விவரங்கள் .(முழு மற்றும் பகுதிநேர பணியாளர்கள் அனைவரும் -மாறுதல் மற்றும் பணி துறப்பின் காரணத்துடன் )
07. உபயோகமற்று உள்ள அரசு வழங்கிய பொருட்கள் மற்றும் கட்டிகங்கள் பற்றிய முழு விவரங்கள் .பயன்படுதபடா ததற்க்கு காரணத்துடன்.

அரசானை 72இன் படி ரூ .10 க்கான நிதிமன்ற வில்லை இம்மனுவில் ஓட்டபட்டுவுள்ளது . மேலும் நான் கேட்கும் தகவல்கள்  தகவல் உரிமை விதிவிலக்கு பிரிவு 8(1) கீழ் கோரப்படவில்லை

SAMPLE RTI APPLICATION

Annexure 2

SAMPLE RTI APPLICATION TO FOLLOW UP ON AN APPLICATION OR COMPLAINT

To

The Public Information Officer,

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Sub: Application under Right to Information Act 2005

I had made an application/complaint for the following reason (copy of application/complaint is attached) but no action/satisfactory action has been taken on my application so far.

Please provide the following information with respect to the same:

1. Please indicate the daily progress made on my application/complaint so far. i.e. when did my application/complaint reach which officer, for how long did it stay with that officer and what action did he/she take on it during that period?
2. Please give the names and designations of the officials, if any, who delayed taking action on my application/complaint.
3. What action would be taken against these officials for delay? By when would that action be taken?
4. By when would my application/complaint be dealt with?

IF THEY REPLY SAYING THAT YOUR APPLICATION/COMPLAINT HAS NOT BEEN DELAYED AND IS BEING DEALT WITH IN THE REQUIRED MANNNER THEN YOU CAN ASK FOR TWO TYPES OF THINGS:

1. The norms, if any, prescribed for the department to deal with these types of applications/complaints.
2. List of any applications/complaints/ that were received after your application/complaint but dealt with earlier, and the reasons thereof.

IF THIS INFORMATION ESTABLISHES THAT YOUR APPLICATION/COMPLAINT HAS BEEN DELAYED BEYOND THE PRESCRIBED TIMEFRAME OR THAT OTHER APPLICATIONS/COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN DEALT WITH FASTER THAN YOURS, YOU CAN THEN FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT. IF ACTION ON THIS COMPLAINT IS ALSO DELAYED THEN FILE AN RTI AS SUGGESTED ABOVE.

I am separately depositing Rs     as application fee.

Yours sincerely,

SAMPLE RTI APPLICATION TO INSPECT FILES

To

The Public Information Officer,

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Sub: Application under Right to Information Act 2005

I had applied for the transfer of ownership of land, as per details given below, to my name vide my letter dated --------------- (copy enclosed).

As per section 2(j)(i) of the Right to Information Act 2005. I wish to inspect all the files related to this issue, including file notings etc. Kindly let me know at the earliest the location of the files and the date, time and venue where I can come and inspect the files.

I am depositing Rs.-----   as application fee

Yours sincerely,

SAMPLE RTI APPLICATION SEEKING INFORMATION ABOUT A SPECIFIC ISSUE

To

The Public Information Officer

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Subject: Application under the Right to Information Act 2005

Please provide the following information:

1. Please provide a list of all the properties, which are being used for commercial purposes, in X Colony,
2. How many of these colonies are in violation of building bylaws?
3. Please intimate the nature of violation in each case.
4. When did each of this violation first come to the knowledge of Department?
5. What are the departmental guidelines under which it can initiate action against such violation? Please provide a certified copy of these guidelines.
6. Did the department initiate any inquiry or action against these violations?
7. Please indicate in detail the process followed by the MCD for taking action against such violation. If an inquiry was conducted please provide a certified copy of the inquiry report.
8. If no steps have been taken in any case, please provide reasons for inaction on behalf of the Department.
9. Please provide the names, designations and contact details of the officials who have the duty to take action against these violations.

I am depositing Rs. 10 as application fee

Yours sincerely,

SAMPLE RTI APPLICATION SEEKING LIST OF NAMES/BENEFICIARIES ETC.

To

The Public Information Officer,

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Sub: Application under Right to Information Act 2005

Please provide me the following information (for example one of the following):

1. Name and address of all those who have been allotted petrol pumps in the last five years from the discretionary quota, along with the reasons why such an allotment was made in each case.

OR

2. List of people who have been issued BPL/Antodaya cards along with the basis on which each one of them has been so selected.

OR

3. Names and addresses of those who have been given any benefits under the Indira Awas Yojana and the basis on which they have been selected.

OR

4. Names and addresses of those who have been issues job cards in my village under the NREGA.

I am depositing Rs.  as application fee.

Yours sincerely,

SAMPLE RTI APPLICATION SEEKING SAMPLES OF MATERIALS

To

The Public Information Officer

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Subject: Application under the Right to Information Act 2005

As per section 2(j)(iii) of the Right to Information Act, 2005 would like to get a sample of (any one of the following)

1. The used to carper the road between village X and Y, block -----, tehsil ----
2. Mid day meals being served in school---, village ----.
3. Milk being distributed by Mother Dairy in booth no. ----

The sample should be collected in my presence and should be sealed and certified. Please intimate the date, time and venue where I should come to witness the collection of the samples.

I am depositing Rs. 10 as application fee.

Yours sincerely

RTI

	Information sought		Reply given
1	About Assistants, Section Officers and Under Secretaries of CSS in last 3 years  in whose case the Competent Authority  has decided to retain the adverse remarks of "Doubtful Integrity" after the completion of all formalities. What major /minor penalty has been recommended in all such cases? How many such cases of dismissal from service have been recommended by CVC.		Under Section 8(j) of the provision of the RTI Act,2005, information which has no relationship to any public activity  or interest, or which could cause unwarranted invasion of the privacy of the individual is exempt from disclosure. Hence the information sought cannot be disclosed under the said provision of the RTI Act.
2	Grading by Reporting officer, grading by Reviewing officer and counseling or adverse remarks if any for particular number of years of ACR of the applicant  alongwith date of completion of ACR by Reviewing officer.		In the light of O.M.No. 10/20/2006-IR dated 21st September, 2007 regarding disclosure of ACR under  the RTI Act,2005, the public authority is not under obligation to disclose ACRs of any employee to the employee himself or to any other person in as much as disclosure of ACRs is protected by clause (j) of sub-section (1) of Section 8 of the RTI Act and an ACR is a confidential document disclosure of which is protected by the Official Secret Act,1923.