MOST IMMEDIATE
No.34012/13(S)/2005-Estt. (B)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
(Department of Personnel and Training)
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New Delhi, Dated the 6th October, 2005
Sub:
Designation of Central Assistant Public Information Officers (CAPIOs) by the
public authorities under Section 5 (2) of the Right to Information Act, 2005.
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The under signed is directed to say that Section 5
(2) of the Right to Information Act,
2005 provides that every public authority shall designate an officer within 100 days of the enactment of
this Act, at each sub-divisional or other
sub-district level as a Central Assistant Public Information Officer to receive the applications for information or
appeals under this Act for forwarding the
same forthwith to the Central Public Information Officer or senior officer specified under sub-section (1) of section 19
or the Central Information Commission,
as the case may be.
2. Since a number of public authorities do not have offices
located at each sub-divisional level or sub-district level, the matter was
taken up with the Department of Posts to provide the services of their Central
Assistant Public Information Officers (CAPIOs) to function in that capacity for
all public authorities under the Central Government.
3. In this connection Department of Posts require urgently the
addresses of the nodal officers /central point in each Ministry / Organisation
in need of their services as CAPIOs. The Department of Posts have also
indicated that they will be in a position to undertake the work only on behalf
of those Ministries who have completed this action and have informed them of
the same. Ministries/Departments are,
therefore, requested to indicate the details of the Central Public Information
Officers designated by them as well as the nodal officers /central point in
their department to receive the RTI mails (application etc. forwarded by the
CAPIOs) to the Department of Posts urgently.
4. Ministries / Departments are also requested to bring the
above position to the notice of other public authorities coming under the
preview of the Ministries / Departments concerned for urgent action by them.
(T.Jacob)
Joint Secretary to the Government of India
To
All Ministries / Departments
of the Government of India (Secretaries by name).
