The
PIO may seek the assistance of any other officer as he considers necessary for the proper discharge of duties and the officer, whoes assistance has been sought, is under obligation to render all assistance and for the purposes of any contravention of the provisions of the Act, such other officer shall be treated as a
PIO {S.5(3) & (4)} Therefore, the
PIO is not able to provide the information within the stipulated time due to the fault of any other officer, he can disclose his name in the proceedings before the commission and hence the penalty can be imposed to such other officer also. Therefore, I do not think that the other officers / sections can cause delay in the disposal of the
RTI applications.