Section 7 of RTI Act : Section 7: Disposal Of Request
RTI Act
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Explanation using Example
Imagine a citizen, Mr. Sharma, has submitted a request under the Right to Information Act to the State Public Information Officer (SPIO) of the Health Department seeking details about the government's spending on a recent public health campaign. Mr. Sharma is concerned about the transparency of the expenditures and wishes to know how the funds were allocated.
Under Section 7(1), the SPIO is required to respond to Mr. Sharma's request expeditiously, and no later than thirty days from the receipt of the request. If the information pertains to the life or liberty of a person, it must be provided within forty-eight hours, but that is not the case here.
If the SPIO does not respond within the 30-day period, according to Section 7(2), it would be deemed as a refusal of the request.
In this scenario, let's say the SPIO decides to provide the information but at a certai...
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