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Fee structure fixed for seeking information

Haryana move on Right to Information Act

CHANDIGARH: Those seeking information under the Right to Information Act in Haryana, would have to submit applications in a prescribed form and fee either in cash against proper receipt or by treasury challan, to the concerned State Assistant Public Information Officer (APIO) or State Public Information Officer (PIO).

While stating this here today, an official spokesman said that an application for obtaining any information under sub section (1) of section 6 would have to be accompanied with a fee of Rs 50. For providing an information under sub section (1) of section 7, the fee would be Rs 10 for each page in A-4 or A-3 size paper created or copied and in case of a paper larger than that of specified in clause (a), the actual cost of such a paper would be charged.

He said that in case of an information under sub section (5) of section 7, the fee would be charged at a rate of Rs 50 for providing information in floppy and Rs 100 for providing information in diskette. In case the required information has been in the form of a printed document of which a price has been fixed, if information would be provided after charging the price, fixed for that printed document. However, if only an extract or page of such printed document has been asked for, a fee of Rs 10 per page would be charged.

The spokesman made it clear that no fee would be charged for inspection of record for an hour only. However, for inspection of record for more than an hour, a fee of Rs 10 would be charged for every 15 minutes in excess of first hour.

Every fraction of the period more than 15 minutes would be construed as a complete period of 15 minutes. In case a person has been aggrieved by a decision of the state PIO or APIO, he or she could appeal to the First Appellate Authority and thereafter to the State Chief Information Commissioner. - UNI

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