RTI Application Drafting + Filing

What this is

Drafting and filing an application under the Right to Information Act to a central or state public authority - the right questions framed so they must be answered, addressed to the correct Public Information Officer, filed online or by post with the fee - and the first appeal where the reply is late, incomplete or wrongly refused. It is for citizens, businesses and NGOs seeking records, status of applications, decisions, expenditure or reasons from any government body. The application fee is shown separately.

What you get

An RTI application drafted, reviewed and signed by our panel advocate, with the information sought framed as specific, answerable requests within the Act, the correct public authority and Public Information Officer identified, the fee paid, the application filed on the RTI Online portal for central authorities or on the state portal or by registered post where required, the registration number or postal proof delivered, and a note on the thirty-day reply period, the forty-eight-hour period for life-and-liberty matters, the exemptions the authority may cite and how to answer them, and the first appeal. Where the reply is late or unsatisfactory, the first appeal to the First Appellate Authority is drafted and filed as the plan includes. Government fees are shown separately and not included in our fee.

How it works

1. 1Tell us what you want to know and from whomThe department, the matter and the records or answers you need. Upload any related letter, application or order.
2. 2Answer the advocate's questionsWhether the authority is central or state, whether an earlier RTI was filed and what it yielded, whether the matter concerns a third party, and whether there is urgency.
3. 3PayPay our fee; the application fee is shown separately.
4. 4Advocate drafts and filesOur advocate drafts the application, identifies the PIO, and files it.
5. 5Acknowledgement is deliveredYou receive the filed application and registration number, with the reply-date note.
6. 6First appeal if neededIf the reply is late or deficient, the first appeal is drafted and filed as the plan includes.

What to have ready

• Related application, letter, order or correspondence (if you have it)Whatever the request concerns.
• Earlier RTI application and reply (if you have it)If any.
• Your ID and address proofAadhaar, PAN or passport.
• BPL certificate (if you have it)If claiming fee exemption.

What this is based on

• Right to Information Act 2005 (2005)
• RTI Rules
• DoPT guidelines.