Section 7 of RTI Act : Section 7: Disposal Of Request

(1) Subject to the proviso to sub-section (2) of section 5 or the proviso to sub-section (3) of section 6, the Central Public Information Officer or State Public Information Officer, as the case may be, on receipt of a request under section 6 shall, as expeditiously as possible, and in any case within thirty days of the receipt of the request, either provide the information on payment of such fee as may be prescribed or reject the request for any of the reasons specified in sections 8 and 9: Provided that where the information sought for concerns the life or liberty of a person, the same shall be provided within forty-eight hours of the receipt of the request. (2) If the Central Public Information Officer or State Public Information Officer, as the case may be, fails to give decision on the request for information within the period specified under sub-section (1), the Central Public Information Officer or State Public Information Officer, as the case may be, shall be deemed to have refused the request. (3) Where a decision is taken to provide the information on payment of any further fee representing the cost of providing the information, the Central Public Information Officer or State Public Information Officer, as the case may be, shall send an intimation to the person making the request, giving - (a) the details of further fees representing the cost of providing the information as determined by him, together with the calculations made to arrive at the amount in accordance with fee prescribed under sub-section (1), requesting him to deposit that fees, and the period intervening between the despatch of the said intimation and payment of fees shall be excluded for the purpose of calculating the period of thirty days referred to in that sub-section; (b) information concerning his or her right with respect to review the decision as to the amount of fees charged or the form of access provided, including the particulars of the appellate authority, time limit, process and any other forms. (4) Where access to the record or a part thereof is required to be provided under this Act and the person to whom access is to be provided is sensorily disabled, the Central Public Information Officer or State Public Information Officer, as the case may be, shall provide assistance to enable access to the information, including providing such assistance as may be appropriate for the i...

(1) The person in charge of providing information (Central or State Public Information Officer) must respond to a request for information quickly, and no later than 30 days after receiving it. They can either give the information for a certain fee or deny the request for reasons mentioned in sections 8 and 9 of the law. However, if the request is about someone's life or freedom, the information ...

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 t...