Refund of IT

[Meena Hariharan]

I have sent a postal order to accounts office Mumbai on 19th Feb and am awaiting to hear from Mumbai office. The refund is for the assessing year 2003 -2004
I request for information on the following points:,

• Why has my refund amount of Rs. 2205/- still not been processed,
• What is it that I need to do to ensure that the refund amount is sent to my address ,Bangalorelace at the earliest?,Who is the person I need to contact to get the refund processed?,
• When will the refund amount of Rs. 2205/- be sent to my address in Bangalore?'

Meena

[karira]

Meena,

Did the postal order you sent accompany a proper application under RTI ?
Was it addressed to the PIO ?

If yes, the PIO has 30 days to reply to your application. Add another 5 days for postal delays.

If you do not get a reply by 25/26 March 2009, then you need to file a First Appeal with the FAA .

[Meena Hariharan]

Thanks Karira for your response.

The application that was sent was a in a letter format with all details and enclosures.
A colleague of mine who had sent an application earlier to RTI and got his refund; validated the application. In fact it was he who introduced me to RTI .

Yes it was addressed to the PIO
To,
The Assessing Officer (AO11),
Centralised Processing Center (DT01),
Pratyakshar Bhavan,
Building No C12,
Bandra Kurla Complex,
Mumbai 400051

I got this information from the Income Tax Office ; I hope this is correct,

Please advice

[karira]

Yes, everything seems to be correct. Please wait.
You will be successful.

In the meantime take encouragement for soem of the Success Stories here:

RTI Community Lounge - Success Stories at rtiindia.org

Quite a few of them relate to the refund of Income Tax using RTI .

[Meena Hariharan]

Hi,
I have uploaded the document for your review
Meena

[karira]

Meena,

It is OK except that you should have addressed to the "CPIO under the RTI Act".
But it should not create any problems as it is.

[Meena Hariharan]

Dear Karira,
I have receive a reponse from the IT office Mumbai ( PRO-II,Dt-O1, CPC Mumbai dated 5.3.09 that they will process my cheque at the earliest.
This has happened within 30 days since I sent the application.
I am so grateful to you for the excellent support and guidance that you have given me.
I will keep you updated once I receive th refund cheque.
Thank you once again
Regards,
Meena

[karira]

Please wait for 30 days.

If you do not receive the cheque then please follow the route as suggested in the link below my signature.

[Meena Hariharan]

Hello Karira,
I have been following continuously for my refund cheque sice March 5th after I received the backnowledgement for the Office of the Public Relation Officer Mumbai. I have been sppeking ith the the PRO Mrs SP LOtlikar PRO-II,DT-01 CPC Mumbai and till date I have not received the cheque.
There is no end to the exvuses 1. printer is not working 2. we have to verify the cheque inspite of giving all relevant documents

Please advise what I should do next.

Warm regards,
Meena

[sandeepbaheti]

Your earlier application was poorly drafted and gave the officers a chance to evade the matter. You will need to file a fresh RTI application. Please follow the link suggested by Karira Sir: http://www.rtiindia.org/forum/blogs/...ng-refund.html and do exactly as mentioned there.
Nevertheless, you can also file a first appeal for your earlier application but do that as soon as possible. You have barely 1-2 days left for filing the first appeal .