Secrion 8(1)

[ravikumar1234]

PSUs of our country are yet to develop the mindset of sharing information. Whenever any information is sought which may embarrass senior officers, the PIO or the concerned department try to seek exemption under one of the sub sections of Sec 8(1) of the Act.
Is there any provision under the RTI Act, or otherwise, which can be used to prevent these PSUs from resorting to diversionary tactics instead of going through the Appellate Authority, CIC route, which is time consuming?

[whackpack]

Dear Ravikumar Ji,

you are absolutely right in pointing out the lacuna. though ultimately one may get information, but it is delayed beyond being of any use, and sometimes even doctored by the time you get it.

all the same, at present there does not seem to be any provision whereby one can bypass the FAA SIC/CIC route.

but my experience is that rather than citing any reason from section 8 (1), the PIO simply provides some irrelevant information, without actually providing the information requested, without citing any reason / pretext

and still better excuse, becoming more favored one recently, is that of file missing

you will find various discussions on these matters on this forum.