https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=217309 The appellate remedy under the Right to Information Act, 2005 is confined to decisions of the State Public Information Officer under Section 19(1), while proceedings before the State Information Commission on a complaint fall under Section 18 and are distinct from a first appeal. The Commission's complaint jurisdiction is part of its statutory duty to inquire into non-compliance and may include penalty proceedings under Section 20. On the stated facts, the matter before the Commission was a complaint, not an appeal from the information officer, and the first appellate authority had not been approached; accordingly, Section 19(1) did not provide an appeal against the Commission's order in those circumstances. en-us Fri, 14 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 18:44:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=217309 The appellate remedy under the Right to Information Act, 2005 is confined to decisions of the State Public Information Officer under Section 19(1), while proceedings before the State Information Commission on a complaint fall under Section 18 and are distinct from a first appeal. The Commission's complaint jurisdiction is part of its statutory duty to inquire into non-compliance and may include penalty proceedings under Section 20. On the stated facts, the matter before the Commission was a complaint, not an appeal from the information officer, and the first appellate authority had not been approached; accordingly, Section 19(1) did not provide an appeal against the Commission's order in those circumstances. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 14 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=217309