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RTI First Appeal to the First Appellate Authority

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Price
₹99 · GST included
Stamp duty
Punjab and Chandigarh: the appeal carries no stamp duty.
Registration
Punjab and Chandigarh: nothing here is registered.
Witnesses
Punjab and Chandigarh: no witness signs.

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Also called

  • RTI first appeal
  • first appeal under section 19(1) of the RTI Act
  • appeal against the PIO's reply
  • appeal for no reply to an RTI application
  • deemed refusal appeal
  • RTI pehli apeel
  • सूचना का अधिकार प्रथम अपील
  • आरटीआई प्रथम अपील

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File this when your RTI application has gone unanswered or has been answered badly. If the Public Information Officer sent nothing within thirty days of receiving the application, or thirty-five where an Assistant Public Information Officer took it in, the Act treats the silence as a refusal. If a reply came but refused the information, gave only part of it, answered a different question or demanded a further fee you think wrong, you are aggrieved by the decision. Either way the first appeal goes to the officer senior in rank to the Public Information Officer in the same public authority, usually named at the foot of the reply or on the office's RTI notice, and it must be filed within thirty days from the date the reply was due or from the day you received it. A late appeal can still be admitted if you show sufficient cause, so give the reason for any delay. Neither the Punjab Right to Information Rules, 2017 nor the Right to Information Rules, 2012 charge a fee for a first appeal. Set out, question by question, what was asked, what came back and why it falls short, and ask for the information free of charge where the thirty days were missed. The appellate officer must decide within thirty days of receiving the appeal, or within forty-five days of its filing where the reasons for the extra time are recorded in writing. If the decision does not come or does not help, the second appeal in this set goes to the Punjab State Information Commission or the Central Information Commission.

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What follows is written for Punjab and Chandigarh. It states the position there rather than describing how it varies, so the amounts below are the ones that apply — worth confirming at the sub-registrar’s office, because rates change. If the property is anywhere else in India, none of this is yours.

Stamp duty

Punjab and Chandigarh: the appeal carries no stamp duty. It asks an officer of the same public authority to review a decision on a request for information and creates, transfers or extinguishes no right, so it is not an instrument chargeable under the Indian Stamp Act, 1899. Neither the Punjab Right to Information Rules, 2017 nor the Right to Information Rules, 2012 prescribe a fee for a first appeal.

Registration

Punjab and Chandigarh: nothing here is registered. An appeal about access to records passes no interest in immovable property, so section 17(1)(b) of the Registration Act, 1908 does not apply. Keep the dated receipt of the appeal, or the postal receipt and delivery report, since the officer's time to decide runs from receipt.

Notarisation

Punjab and Chandigarh: no notarisation. The appeal is a letter signed by the appellant, and neither set of rules asks for attestation, an affidavit or any particular form for a first appeal.

Witnesses

Punjab and Chandigarh: no witness signs. The appellant alone signs, and the receipt or the postal record shows the date of filing.

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FIRST APPEAL UNDER SECTION 19(1) OF THE RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT, 2005

Filed on: 3 April 2026, at Mohali

Delivered by hand at the office of the First Appellate Authority, against a dated receipt.

Before: The First Appellate Authority, Additional Chief Administrator (Housing), Greater Mohali Area Development Authority, PUDA Bhawan, Sector 62, SAS Nagar (Mohali) 160062

Appellant: Harpreet Kaur Gill, House No. 2145, Sector 70, SAS Nagar (Mohali) 160071; email harpreet.gill@example.com; telephone +91 98150 22731

Officer whose decision is appealed: the Public Information Officer, Estate Officer (Housing), Office of the Estate Officer, Greater Mohali Area Development Authority

  1. Forum. The public authority is under the Government of Punjab: the Punjab Right to Information Rules, 2017 apply, and the Punjab State Information Commission hears any second appeal. You are the officer senior in rank to the Public Information Officer in this public authority, before whom section 19(1) of the Right to Information Act, 2005 (the Act) places this appeal.
  1. The application. On 1 April 2026 the Public Information Officer received my application, registered as RTI diary No. 1187/2026, which asked for the following: 1. a certified copy of the approved building plan of House No. 2146, Sector 70; 2. copies of the site inspection reports; 3. the name and designation of the approving officer.
  1. What happened. No decision on my application reached me within the time allowed, and section 7(2) of the Act deems the request refused.
  1. Time. Under section 7(1) the reply was due within thirty days of receipt, that is by 2 April 2026. This appeal lies within thirty days from the expiry of that period or from the receipt of the decision, and the last day for it is 4 April 2026. If it is late, I ask you to admit it under the proviso to section 19(1), because I was prevented by sufficient cause: I was in hospital from 25 October to 8 November 2026, as the discharge summary enclosed shows.
  1. Why the decision cannot stand. Question 1 was answered with an uncertified photocopy of the first page of the plan only. Questions 2 and 3 were not answered at all, and the reply cites no exemption under section 8 or 9 for withholding them.

Questions about this document

Does the RTI First Appeal to the First Appellate Authority need stamp paper or stamp duty in Punjab and Chandigarh?

Punjab and Chandigarh: the appeal carries no stamp duty. It asks an officer of the same public authority to review a decision on a request for information and creates, transfers or extinguishes no right, so it is not an instrument chargeable under the Indian Stamp Act, 1899. Neither the Punjab Right to Information Rules, 2017 nor the Right to Information Rules, 2012 prescribe a fee for a first appeal.

Does the RTI First Appeal to the First Appellate Authority need registration in Punjab and Chandigarh?

Punjab and Chandigarh: nothing here is registered. An appeal about access to records passes no interest in immovable property, so section 17(1)(b) of the Registration Act, 1908 does not apply. Keep the dated receipt of the appeal, or the postal receipt and delivery report, since the officer's time to decide runs from receipt.

What does the RTI First Appeal to the First Appellate Authority cost on Kaagazaat?

₹99, GST included.

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Does the RTI First Appeal to the First Appellate Authority need witnesses?

Punjab and Chandigarh: no witness signs. The appellant alone signs, and the receipt or the postal record shows the date of filing.

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