https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=242777 The Central Assistant Public Information Officer's role under the Right to Information Act, 2005 is limited to receiving RTI applications or appeals and forwarding them promptly to the competent officer or authority. The obligation to furnish information or refuse the request rests with the Central Public Information Officer, who must act on the merits under the statutory scheme. A Central Assistant Public Information Officer is therefore not authorised to issue a substantive reply on the merits of an RTI request. en-us Mon, 21 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 20 Jan 2014 06:05:56 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=242777 The Central Assistant Public Information Officer's role under the Right to Information Act, 2005 is limited to receiving RTI applications or appeals and forwarding them promptly to the competent officer or authority. The obligation to furnish information or refuse the request rests with the Central Public Information Officer, who must act on the merits under the statutory scheme. A Central Assistant Public Information Officer is therefore not authorised to issue a substantive reply on the merits of an RTI request. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 21 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=242777