Hello Swami, and welcome to
RTI India.
Yes, citizen can access personal information of other citizen subject to application of Section 8 (1) (j) & section 11 of Right to Information Act 2005. If information is sought about 3rd party revenue information, the CPIO will give a written notice to such third party of the request and of the fact that the Central Public Information Officer or State Public Information Officer, as the case may be, intends to disclose the information or record, or part thereof, and invite the third party to make a submission in writing or orally, regarding whether the information should be disclosed, and such submission of the third party shall be kept in view while taking a decision about disclosure of information.
Disclosure may be allowed if the public interest in disclosure outweighs in importance any possible harm or injury to the interests of such third party. However, disclosure would also attract the provisions of
Section 8 (1)(J) of RTI Act which states that
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information which relates to personal information the disclosure of which has no relationship to any public activity or interest, or which would cause unwarranted invasion of the privacy of the individual unless the Central Public Information Officer or the State Public Information Officer or the appellate authority, as the case may be, is satisfied that the larger public interest justifies the disclosure of such information: Provided that the information which cannot be denied to the Parliament or a State Legislature shall not be denied to any person.
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However, on many of the occasions, the
CIC has ruled that revenue details of 3rd party is exempt from disclosure under
RTI Act.
Read these previous discussions:
http://www.rtiindia.org/forum/appeal...isclosure.html