Sir,
I think the application was not forwarded to the
PIO of the Information Commission, but to the Commission, who is the apex body under the
RTI Act. The powers and functions of the Information Commission have been discussed under S.18. There is no time limit on the Commissions to forward the application to the concerned PA. Similarly, there is no time limit prescribed for the commssion to decide the appeal.
The functions of the Information Commission as an apex body under the
RTI Act is different and its functions as a Public Authority are different. To make the things clear, I am citing an example. Every High Cout is a Public Authority. However, it does not mean that one files application under the
RTI Act in the registry of the Court and expects that the application will be forwarded to the concerned PA within a period of 5 days. The case will be different, if the application under the Act is sent to the
PIO of the Court. In this case the
PIO of the HC is under obligation to transfer the application to the concerned PA within 5 days.
Therefore, when the application is filed with the commission, there is no time limit prescribed under the Act, within which the Commission will have to forward the application to the concerned PA.