Can I directly approach the CIC for relief?

[jeevan]

What is the procedure to approach CIC directly for relief. I don't want to wait for PIO to respond.
Can somebody suggest me.

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[Dr. Pathak]

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Hello Jeevan,
You cannot approach CIC directly to get relief of your matter without first exausting normal channels.
Unless these are complaints where specific relief has been sought, all such appeals whose contents are not as per rule 3 of Central Information Commission (Appeal Procedures) Rules, 2005 or whose documents have not been properly indexed and self attested as per Rule 4 of the Central Information Commission (Appeal Procedures) Rules, 2005, these will be returned after obtaining the orders of the senior most officer attached to the unit of the Information Commissioner.

You can read the circular issued by CIC in this regard here.

[jeevan]

Oh! that's nice.
Thank you for the info. I thought I could approach directly

[maneesh]

Dear Jeevan,
You will appreciate that CIC is not having all the information of all the public authorities. The role of CIC is just to ensure that the applicant bonafide request is address by the CPIOs.
In no judgement of CIC, information is provided only direction to CPIOs for providing information within a precribed time perios is provided.
It will also not make any economic sense of collecting and aggrgating information at one place with CIC. The information is always with the Public authorities which in turn dissemenated it.

[Raj Kashyap]

Dear Sir,

I want to know if no reply is received from CPIO, can we directly write to Central Chief information commission, complaining the facts of non receipt of reply within the stipulated time.

Regards

Raj