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Payment of fee under the RTI Act by Indian Postal Order.

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DOPT ORDERS-2011

No.F. 10/9/2008- IR
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel. PG & Pension
Department of Personnel & Training
……

North Block. New Delhi
Dated April 26.2011

Subject:- Payment of fee under the RTI Act by Indian Postal Order.

The undersigned is directed to say that the Right to Information (Regulation of Fee and Cost) Rules. 2005 provide that a person seeking Information under the RTI Act. 2005 can make payment of fee for obtaining Information by cash or demand draft or banker’s cheque or Indian Postal Order. It has been bought to the notice of this Department that some pubic authorities do not accept fee through the Indian Postal Orders.

2. As stated above, one of the approved modes of payment of fee under the Rules is through Indian Postal Order. Refusal to accept fee through the IPO may be treated as refusal to accept the application. It may result Into imposition of penalty by the Central Information Commission on the concerned Central Pubic Information Officer under Section 20 of the Act. All the pubic authorities should, therefore, ensure that payment of fee by IPO is not denied.

3. Contents of this OM may be brought to the notice of all concerned.

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Comments

  1. sir ,iapplied with postal order for rs 10 to the commisioner of survey and settlement on 27 may 2013. and ireceived reply only on 14 august 2013 stating that postal had refused. and for my reqest ” reply will be sent after wards.plese convey what action can be taken for getting proper reply thanking you sir V.VENKATRAMAN

  2. Sir, I have applied for information under RTI act 2005 and attached the required IPO @ Rs.10/-. The concerned PIO has denied to provide the information saying that the IPO was expired i.e. purchased before six month. Kindly inform me whether an IPO become expired after six month or it is like a currency which never expired.
    Sincerely,
    Dr. Shivraj Singh
    Patiala, Punjab.

  3. please provide me the information
    1. i want to information from pay acct office, CDA, Secunderabad.
    2. to whom favour postal order may be prepared.

  4. Dear sirs,

    I am Public Information Officer in an organization. I have received a query of an employee through advocate, asking information under RTI act-2005. An applicant / advocate has not attached the fee as required under RTI act, however they have affixed the stamps of “court fee” of Rs.20/- on the application.

    Please let me know whether stamps of court fee are acceptable as RTI fee. If yes, then under which rules of RTI act. Your early reply is awaited.

    Thanking you….

    Regards.

    (M.D.Thakker)

  5. Dear sirs,

    I have purchased the following postal orders from Tollygunge Head Post Office

    IP No. Date Amount Commission printed

    24H 310796 16.5.11 Rs.100.00 Rs.5.00
    57G 909814 ” Rs. 50.00 Rs.2.50
    91E 667853 ” Rs. 10.00 Re. .50
    ————-
    Total Rs.8.00

    The postal authority has taken Rs.16.00 as commission changes.

    Please let me know the reason for charing the extra amount of Rs.8.00.

    Thanks and regards,

    S K Sinha