Is there a "appellate committee" in the RTI Act ?

[karira]

In the attached order of IC SS, it appears that the Ministry of Commerce has something called a "Appellate Committee" which decides first appeals under Sec 19(1) of the RTI Act.

Is there any provision in the RTI Act for a "appellate committee" ?

What happens if a appellant asks for a personal hearing ?
Will he have to appear before the "committee" ?

Is it legal ?

[karira]

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What if the CIC decides to summon the appellate committee ?
Will all the members of the committee appear before the CIC ?

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[selvarajan]

No such provisions , who got the power , under which section they can form such appellate committee. I don't know IC SS got special powers under the act to form such committee called "appellate committee"

[harinder dhingra]

Is there a "appellate committee" in the RTI Act ?

My Dear friends,
Expect anything from Hon'ble SS. IC of CIC, India,

An Information Commissioner who can relegate your second appeal to first appellate authority & CPIO who had already disposed of RTI application & Hon'ble FAA who did not bother to dispose of first appeal filed under Section 19(1) of RTI Act even after eight months "In order to avoid multiple proceedings under section 19 and 18 of the RTI Act, viz., appeals and complaints, the matter is remitted to AA & CPIO” .

An information commissioner who refused to allow the copy of correspondences of ECGC I Ltd had with MSTC Ltd where a fraud of Rs 464 Crore has taken place & CBI is seized of matter & chargesheet being filed by them and another Hon'ble Information Commissioner had allowed the same(as the MSTC Is under IC Hon'ble M L Sharma) before the decision of Hon'ble SS but Hon'ble SS did not allow disclosure of fraud as the disclosure(already disclosed as per directions of Hon'ble M L Sharma) because the interest of fraudsters based at Dubai who cheated this country of Rs 464 Crore would be effected(called third party by Hon'ble SS) then EXPECTING ANY KIND Of ORDER FROM HER IS NO SURPRISE.

MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS WITH FACTS HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO THE NOTICE OF HON'BLE CIC BUT STRANGE ARE THE WAYS OF CIC.
GOD BLESS THIS HIGHEST SEAT OF TRANSPARENCY.

We need more SG/s in CIC. Are you listening Mr. Karira and of course Dr Malhotra?

Harinder Dhingra

[Yogi M. P. Singh]

Hon'ble members. F.A.A. is designated by public authority not by information commission. Information commission may direct the public authority to designate first appellate authority. It is true that retired bureaucrats appointed as information commissioners and chief information commissioners has itself made the mockery of R.T.I. Act 2005. Hon'ble S.C.I. suggested the proceeding by explaining the section 18 and section 19 of transparency act but commission took it also negatively denied many information seekers from their sought informations. In view of your friend , these information commissioners have been appointed to made available information sought by seeker of information but they are more friendly to PIOs.